List of deprecated terms for diseases

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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.
Gleet Gonorrhea [10] Usually refers to gonorrhea that is in semi-remission.
Great pox Syphilis [9] Used as a term of comparison to smallpox.
Grippe Influenza [11] From the French.
King's evil
Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis
[12] From the belief that the disease could be cured by a royal touch.
Lockjaw Trismus [13] The term is sometimes used as a synonym for tetanus, which usually first manifests as trismus.
Monkeypox Mpox [14]
Muerto Canyon disease Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome [15] Named for the area where it was initially identified. "Four Corners disease" is likewise deprecated.
Norwalk virus Norovirus [16] 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 [17] From the French term esquinancie.
Saint Vitus Dance Sydenham's chorea [18] Named for
Saint Vitus the Martyr
Spanish fever Influenza [19] Used in reference to the
1918 flu pandemic
.
Squinsy Peritonsillar abscess [17] From the French term esquinancie.
Staggers Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated neurological issues of decompression illness.
Undulant fever Brucellosis [20] 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 [21] Refers to people who tended to contract the disease (from the sheep)
Wuhan Virus COVID-19 [22] Former name for the COVID-19 outbreak which refers to the virus' location of origin.

References

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  4. ^ . Retrieved 2012-05-20.
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  6. ^ Stitt, Edward Rhodes; Richard Pearson Strong (1944). Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases. Vol. 2. Blakiston. p. 1018.
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  9. ^ . Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  10. ^ Dick, Henry (1858). Gleet: its pathology and treatment. Baillière.
  11. PMID 11576290
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  13. . Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  14. ^ "WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease" (Press release). World Health Organization (WHO). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Navajos Decry Muerto Canyon Hantavirus Site". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 24 April 1994. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Noroviruses - Fact Sheet". Public Health Agency of Canada. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "NINDS Sydenham Chorea Information Page". February 14, 2007. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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  20. ^ "PubMed Health". Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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  22. ^ Vazquez, Marietta. "Calling COVID-19 the "Wuhan Virus" or "China Virus" is inaccurate and xenophobic". Yale School of Medicine. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

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