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Name Term description
NameBright�s disease Term description

Kidney disease characterised by the presence of albumin in the urine.

NameBule Term description

Boils, tumours or swellings.

NameBack draucht Term description

The distinctive gasping sound made by whooping cough sufferers.

NameBackgang Term description

Relapse

NameBackjar Term description

A relapse or setback

NameBeal Term description

Chilblain

NameBellythraw Term description

Colic

NameBever Term description

A feverish tremble

NameBlack spit Term description

Pneumoconiosis; a lung disease caused by the inhalation of coal dust.

NameBlae Term description

Bruised

NameBlast Term description

A sudden illness

NameBlintrin Term description

Shortsighted

NameBlocher Term description

Catarrhal cough

NameBloit Term description

Diarrhoea

NameBlype Term description

Peeling skin

NameBloody flux Term description

Dysentry

NameBoak Term description

To vomit or retch

NameBoich Term description

To cough with difficulty

NameBoocher Term description

Uncontrolled cough

NameBowden Term description

Distended

NameBowel hive Term description

Enteritis, particularly in children

NameBranks Term description

Mumps

NameBrook Term description

Ulcer

NameBuffets, the Term description

Mumps