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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		Also a general term for internal bleeding in a specific organ.
Bends	Decompression sickness		Referred to the associated musculoskeletal issues of decompression illness.
Bilious remitting fever	Dengue fever		Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia.
Break-bone fever	Dengue fever	last=Rush	first=Benjamin	title=Medical Inquiries and Observations	publisher=J. Conrad & Company	year=1805	volume=1	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y3EFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA115	accessdate=2012-05-20}}	Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia.
Break-heart fever	Dengue fever
Chokes	Decompression sickness		Referred to the associated breathing issues of decompression illness.
Consumption	Tuberculosis	last=Jules Dubos	first=René	author2=Jean Dubos	title=The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man, and Society	publisher=Rutgers University Press	year=1952	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DcgZbgSOPBAC&pg=PR7	isbn=9780813512242}}	So-called due to the wasting that occurs in the late stages of infection.
Dandy fever	Dengue fever	last=Halstead	first=Scott B.	title=Dengue	publisher=Imperial College Press	date=2009-03-31	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6zLd9mFwxwsC&q=dandy&pg=PA1	accessdate=2012-05-20	isbn=9781848162297}}	A reference to the mincing walk adopted by those affected.
Dropsy	Edema
Dum-dum fever	Leishmaniasis		The term is derived from the city of Dum Dum, the site of an outbreak.
English disease	Rickets		So named due to its prevalence in English slums.
French disease	Syphilis		Used as an ethnic slur against the French.
Front-street fever	Dengue fever		Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia.
Gargoylism	Hurler Syndrome (MPS Type 1)		In 1936, Ellis et al. coined the term "gargoylism" to name the syndrome.
Gay-related immune deficiency	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222054328/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/18/us/clue-found-on-homosexuals-precancer-syndrome.html	date=22 February 2020 }}. The New York Times, June 18, 1982	Used in 1982 when it is suggested to be transmitted sexually among gay men.
Gleet	Gonorrhea		Usually refers to gonorrhea that is in semi-remission.
Great pox	Syphilis	last=Arrizabalaga	first=Jon	author2=John Henderson	author3=Roger Kenneth French	title=The Great Pox: The French Disease in Renaissance Europe	publisher=Yale University Press	date=1997-02-27	url=https://archive.org/details/greatpoxfrenchdi0000arri	url-access=registration	accessdate=2012-05-20	isbn=0300069340}}	Used as a term of comparison to smallpox.
Grippe	Influenza		From the French.
King's evil	Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis		From the belief that the disease could be cured by a royal touch.
Lockjaw	Trismus		The term is sometimes used as a synonym for tetanus, which usually first manifests as trismus.
Monkeypox	Mpox	title=WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease	url=https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2022-who-recommends-new-name-for-monkeypox-disease	publisher=World Health Organization (WHO)	date=28 November 2022	access-date=29 November 2022 }}
Muerto Canyon disease	Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome		Named for the area where it was initially identified. "Four Corners disease" is likewise deprecated.
Norwalk virus	Norovirus		Named after the town of Norwalk, Ohio, where the disease was first distinctly identified.
Phthisis	Tuberculosis		From the Greek word for consumption.
Quinsy	Peritonsillar abscess	title=The International cyclopedia: a compendium of human knowledge, Volume 12	author=Richard Gleason Greene	publisher=Dodd, Mead	year=1890	pages=355–6	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXgWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355	accessdate=2012-05-20}}	From the French term esquinancie.
Saint Vitus Dance	Sydenham's chorea	{{cite web	title =NINDS Sydenham Chorea Information Page
Spanish fever	Influenza		Used in reference to the 1918 flu pandemic.
Squinsy	Peritonsillar abscess		From the French term esquinancie.
Staggers	Decompression sickness	title = Bennett and Elliott's physiology and medicine of diving	edition=5th Revised	last1=Francis	first1=T James R	author2-link=Simon Mitchell	last2=Mitchell	first2=Simon J	editor1-last=Brubakk	editor1-first=Alf O	editor2-last=Neuman	editor2-first=Tom S	year=2003	publisher=Saunders Ltd	location=United States	chapter=10.6: Manifestations of Decompression Disorders	pages=578–99	isbn=0-7020-2571-2	oclc=51607923	ref=BE10-6}}	Referred to the associated neurological issues of decompression illness.
Undulant fever	Brucellosis		The name is a reference to the rising and falling of the patient's temperature.
White Plague	Tuberculosis		The name refers to the pallor of patients with "consumption" (severe tuberculosis).
Woolsorter's disease	Anthrax		Refers to people who tended to contract the disease (from the sheep)
2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)	Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)		Provisional name for COVID-19.

References

(September 2014). "Hippocrates: the forefather of neurology.". Neurological Sciences.
Rush, Benjamin. (1805). "Medical Inquiries and Observations". J. Conrad & Company.
Jules Dubos, René. (1952). "The White Plague: Tuberculosis, Man, and Society". Rutgers University Press.
Halstead, Scott B.. (2009-03-31). "Dengue". Imperial College Press.
Stitt, Edward Rhodes. (1944). "Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases". Blakiston.
Kormano, Martti. (1999-01-01). "Radiological Findings in Skin Diseases and Related Conditions". Thieme.
Bivins, Roberta. (2007). ""The English Disease" or "Asian Rickets"?". Bull Hist Med.
(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.
[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/18/us/clue-found-on-homosexuals-precancer-syndrome.html Clue Found on Homosexuals' Precancer Syndrome] {{Webarchive. link. (22 February 2020 . The New York Times, June 18, 1982)
Dick, Henry. (1858). "Gleet: its pathology and treatment". Baillière.
Arrizabalaga, Jon. (1997-02-27). "The Great Pox: The French Disease in Renaissance Europe". Yale University Press.
(2001). "A history of influenza". Journal of Applied Microbiology.
(June 2016). "The King's Evil and the Royal Touch: the medical history of scrofula.". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
(1996). "Baron's Medical Microbiology". Univ of Texas Medical Branch.
(28 November 2022). "WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease". [[World Health Organization]] (WHO).
(24 April 1994). "Navajos Decry Muerto Canyon Hantavirus Site". Los Angeles Times.
"Noroviruses - Fact Sheet". [[Public Health Agency of Canada]].
Richard Gleason Greene. (1890). "The International cyclopedia: a compendium of human knowledge, Volume 12". Dodd, Mead.
Smith, P. (2009). "Swine Flu". Croatian Medical Journal.
(2003). "Bennett and Elliott's physiology and medicine of diving". Saunders Ltd.
"PubMed Health".
(May 2002). "From woolsorters to mail sorters: anthrax past, present, and future.". American Journal of Public Health.
"Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it".

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