List of deprecated terms for diseases

The following is a list of deprecated terms for diseases.

Obsolete term Preferred term Reference Notes
Apoplexy Stroke [1] Also a general term for internal bleeding in a specific organ.
Bends Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated musculoskeletal issues of decompression illness.
Bilious remitting fever Dengue fever [3] Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia.
Break-bone fever Dengue fever [3] Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia.
Break-heart fever Dengue fever [4]
Chokes Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated breathing issues of decompression illness.
Consumption Tuberculosis [5] So-called due to the wasting that occurs in the late stages of infection.
Dandy fever Dengue fever [4] A reference to the mincing walk adopted by those affected.
Dropsy Edema [6]
Dum-dum fever Leishmaniasis [7] The term is derived from the city of Dum Dum, the site of an outbreak.
English disease Rickets [8] So named due to its prevalence in English slums.
French disease Syphilis [9] Used as an ethnic slur against the French.
Front-street fever Dengue fever [3] Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia.
Gargoylism Hurler Syndrome (MPS Type 1) [10] In 1936, Ellis et al. coined the term "gargoylism" to name the syndrome.
Gleet Gonorrhea [11] Usually refers to gonorrhea that is in semi-remission.
Great pox Syphilis [9] Used as a term of comparison to smallpox.
Grippe Influenza [12] From the French.
King's evil Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis [13] From the belief that the disease could be cured by a royal touch.
Lockjaw Trismus [14] The term is sometimes used as a synonym for tetanus, which usually first manifests as trismus.
Monkeypox Mpox [15]
Muerto Canyon disease Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome [16] Named for the area where it was initially identified. "Four Corners disease" is likewise deprecated.
Norwalk virus Norovirus [17] Named after the town of Norwalk, Ohio, where the disease was first distinctly identified.
Phthisis Tuberculosis [5] From the Greek word for consumption.
Quinsy Peritonsillar abscess [18] From the French term esquinancie.
Saint Vitus Dance Sydenham's chorea [19] Named for Saint Vitus the Martyr
Spanish fever Influenza [20] Used in reference to the 1918 flu pandemic.
Squinsy Peritonsillar abscess [18] From the French term esquinancie.
Staggers Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated neurological issues of decompression illness.
Undulant fever Brucellosis [21] The name is a reference to the rising and falling of the patient's temperature.
White Plague Tuberculosis [5] The name refers to the pallor of patients with "consumption" (severe tuberculosis).
Woolsorter's disease Anthrax [22] Refers to people who tended to contract the disease (from the sheep)
2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [23] Provisional name for COVID-19.

References

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  3. ^ a b c Rush, Benjamin (1805). Medical Inquiries and Observations. Vol. 1. J. Conrad & Company. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  4. ^ a b Halstead, Scott B. (2009-03-31). Dengue. Imperial College Press. ISBN 9781848162297. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  5. ^ a b c Jules Dubos, René; Jean Dubos (1952). The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man, and Society. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813512242.
  6. ^ Stitt, Edward Rhodes; Richard Pearson Strong (1944). Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases. Vol. 2. Blakiston. p. 1018.
  7. ^ Kormano, Martti; Ilmari Lindgren; Inkeri Helander (1999-01-01). Radiological Findings in Skin Diseases and Related Conditions. Thieme. p. 106. ISBN 9783131161215.
  8. ^ Bivins, Roberta (2007). ""The English Disease" or "Asian Rickets"?". Bull Hist Med. 81 (3): 533–68. doi:10.1353/bhm.2007.0062. PMC 2630160. PMID 17873451.
  9. ^ a b Arrizabalaga, Jon; John Henderson; Roger Kenneth French (1997-02-27). The Great Pox: The French Disease in Renaissance Europe. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300069340. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  10. ^ Abbott, Mary-Alice; Diebold, William J.; Rosengren, Sally S. (June 2021). "Rejecting Gargoylism: Reflections on the term and its relationship to Hurler syndrome". American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part C, Seminars in Medical Genetics. 187 (2): 219–223. doi:10.1002/ajmg.c.31903. ISSN 1552-4876. PMID 33982836.
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  15. ^ "WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease" (Press release). World Health Organization (WHO). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Navajos Decry Muerto Canyon Hantavirus Site". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 24 April 1994. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Noroviruses - Fact Sheet". Public Health Agency of Canada. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  18. ^ a b Richard Gleason Greene (1890). The International cyclopedia: a compendium of human knowledge, Volume 12. Dodd, Mead. pp. 355–6. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  19. ^ "NINDS Sydenham Chorea Information Page". February 14, 2007. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  20. ^ Smith, P (2009). "Swine Flu". Croatian Medical Journal. 50 (4): 412–5. doi:10.3325/cmj.2009.50.412. PMC 2728380. PMID 19673043.
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  23. ^ "Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it". World Health Organization (WHO). Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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