Causes of death occurring in Galician church records
The source were Roman & Greek Catholic vital books. Latin words with English translation
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Anasarca |
Edema |
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Aneurisma |
Aneurysm |
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Angina |
Infection of the throat |
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Apoplexia |
Apoplexy |
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Aquis submersa |
Drowning |
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Aquis suffocatus |
Drowned in water |
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Ascitis, Ascites |
Ascities |
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Asthma |
Asthma |
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Atheroma |
Atheroma |
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Atrophia |
Atrophia |
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Bronchitis |
Bronchitis |
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Cachexia |
Wasting syndrome |
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Carbunculus |
Carbuncle – a cluster of boils caused by bacterial infection |
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Cancer |
Cancer |
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Carcinoma |
Cancer |
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Cardiopalmus |
Palpitation |
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Catharus |
Catarrhal inflammation |
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Casu |
Accidental |
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Consueta |
Normal, Ordinary |
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Cholera Asiatica |
Asian cholera |
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Croup |
Croup, Laryngitis |
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Coclus |
Whooping cough |
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Colica |
Colic |
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Combusta ignem |
Fire victim „burned in the fire” |
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Consumptio |
Mostly tuberculosis, historically called "Consumption" due to the weight loss. |
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Convulsione |
Convulsion |
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Convulsionibus |
Convulsion |
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Cystodynia |
Pain in bladder |
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Debilitas |
Weakness |
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Debilis natus |
Weakness since birth |
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Diphteritis |
Diphtheria |
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Disenteria |
Dysentery |
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Ebrietas |
Drunkenness, Alcohol poisoning |
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Emphysema Pulmonum |
Emphysema – a lung condition that causes shortness of breath |
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Enteritis |
Inflammation of the intestines |
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Epidemia |
Epidemic |
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Epilepsia |
Epilepsy |
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Fame |
Famine |
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Febris |
Fever
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Frigore extinctus |
Froze to death |
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Gangrena |
Gangrene |
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Gastritis |
Inflammation of the stomach |
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Grassans |
1) Epidemic 2) Robbers |
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Haemorrhagia pulmonum |
Coughing up of blood |
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Hectica |
Habitual fever – a fever with accessions at noon and evening. |
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Hydrops |
Hydropsy |
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Hydrothorax |
Hydrops pectoris |
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Ignota |
Unknown |
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Ileus |
Colic in the large intestines |
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Inflammatio Pulmonum |
Pneumonia, inflammation of the lungs |
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Marasmus senilis |
The emaciation characteristic of old age |
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Meningitis Cerebrospinalis |
Inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord |
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Miserere |
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Morbili |
Measles |
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Mortua post partum |
Died after giving birth |
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Naturali |
A natural death |
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Nephritis |
Inflammation of the kidneys |
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Nervosa |
Mostly „Nervous fever” - characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium |
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Occisus |
Murdered |
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Oedema |
Edema |
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Ordinaria |
Ordinary |
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Ob egestatem |
Due to poverty |
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Paralisis |
Paralysis |
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Paraliticus |
Affected with paralysis |
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Parotis, Parotitis |
Inflammation of parotid glands |
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Perfrictio |
A cold |
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Petocia, Petechiae |
Purple spots on the skin not elevated, mostly appearing in contagious diseases |
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Phthysis, Phthisis |
consumption, an old term for pulmonary tuberculosis |
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Pleuritis, Pleura |
Pneumonia |
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Plica |
An enlargement of the hair of the head, so as to be painful and to bleed. |
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Post partum |
After giving birth |
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Pneumonia |
Inflammation of the lungs |
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Polycholia |
An excessive secretion of bile |
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Rachitis |
Rickets |
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Repentina morte |
Sudden, unexpected death |
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Rheumatismus |
Rheumatism |
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Rhexis venae |
Varicose veins |
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Rubeola |
Measles with sore throat |
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Ruptura |
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Scarlatina |
Scarlet Fever |
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Scrophulosa |
Scrofula – tuberculosis causes outside the lungs |
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Senectus |
Old age |
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Se ipsum occidit |
Suicide |
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Suicidium |
Suicide |
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Syphilis |
Syphilis |
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Typhus |
Typhus |
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Tuberculosis |
Tuberculosis |
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Tumiditas |
Swelling |
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Tussis, Thussis |
Cough |
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Ulcus |
an ulcer |
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Ulcus ventriculi |
Peptic ulcers |
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Variolae, Variolis |
Chickenpox, varicella |
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Venerica |
Venereal |
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Vermibus, Vermis, Vermes |
Worms |
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Vitium cordis |
The heart defect |
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Volvulus |
Inflammation in the bowels, called twisting in the guts |
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Vomitus |
Vomiting |
