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Hi Mary,
Yes, I know what the word Carcinoma means - however I am happy to take my sons word for it. He didn't find it in Google, he learned it at University while taking his degree in Health Science - Advanced Paramedic.

I'm also with Mary - no-ones getting cross :)

Mary

OK, last try, then I'll drop it. I reckon your son (with all due respect) was embarrassed to say he didn't know what the word meant, heard the ending -oma, which does indeed indicate a tumour that can be either malignant or benign, and assumed that the word meant some kind of tumour. That's why he couldn't be precise about it.

I'm not a doctor, but a medical translator - I have a huge pile of medical dictionaries and other resources, and if a word exists, I can normally find it. I'd bet my bottom dollar that this one doesn't, if only because the etymology doesn't make any sense.

By the way, Mary, your username always makes me do a double-take, because MaryMC's the name I use on other sites - I keep looking at your posts and wondering when I wrote them :-)

Mary,
Yes, I see MaryMc's all over the internet too - very confusing lol

And with all due respect, looking in a medical dictionary is not the same as being a highly qualified ( of many, many years of study) advanced paramedic. And our Paramedics here in NZ are some of the most highly trained in the world. And embarrassed is something he certainly never gets.

However, we do all seem to agree that the poor bloke did have some sort of cancer and he is most certainly dead lol

It's been a good discussion - it's also been great that we've all been able to put forward our opinions and nobody had stormed off and left the board - unlike many other boards on the internet. I'm sure you've seen that too lol.

Well, Happy Christmas to you all, hope you and yours all have a wonderful time!

Ps - How many of us will be sneaking in here on Christmas day - you know, just for a 'quick look' lol

MaryMc

Yes, people are usually very restrained on the Tips and Record Office Boards, although a certain amount of storming off goes on over on the General Board.

As far as Christmas day goes, I bet most people look in, but not many admit it :-)

Mary,
Here's a death cause I'd love to know about - maybe you can look it up for me.

The lady in question died of:

a) bronchitis (know what that is obviuosly!)

and

b) V.D.H.

Any ideas?

MaryMc

Also (if you have time!)

Bright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys

and Maemic Convulsions - I don't think the word Maemic is correct. Perahaps it should be Haemic?

What do you think?

MaryMc

No such thing as " maemic convulsions" as far as I know; in conjunction with Bright's disease it's probably "uraemic convulsions".

VDH is probably "valvular disease of the heart", which I think is a fairly old-fashioned term.

You can often find antiquated medical terminology here:

http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/Index.htm

Mary,
Thanks,
I was beginning to think she had VD lol

Thanks for the link, I'll bookmark it.

Cheers
MaryMc

Mary(s) (what's the plural of Mary?!)

Thanks for your input, Mary from Italy, I'll be fascinated in that website, I have ordered quite a few death certs and can't fathom most of the causes.

I was surprised in this case that the "oma" was the secondary cause, the exhaustion was the primary cause. Or perhaps it was just the limit of the medical knowledge then, that she appeared to die of exhaustion, although suffering from that condition. She was 73 so lived a good age for her time.