Most likely the word is: "üszög" or "üszögös" = gangrene. Some time spelled "üszök". So the word is "üszöghólyag" = gangrene blister. In modern medicine probably called something different. JMN -----Original Message----- From: Péter Scharek [mailto:pscharek@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 1:00 PM To: HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Word on a death record.... Dear list, It can be: uszoholyag. The fishes have this organ filled by air to help moving up and down. Best wishes Peter 2006/2/6, Joseph J Jarfas <jjarfas@ezaccess.net>: > > Scott & Tina Southwick wrote: > > > I ran across this word that I just cannot figure out. Wondering if > > anyone out there had any ideas. Listed as the cause of death: > > uszoyboljay or uszoyholjay? > > > > Thanks, > > Tina Fuzi Southwick > > southwick@voyager.net > > Hi Tina, > > your entry here is a bit harder to fathom! :-) Am almost certain > the last part is hólyag - blister, boil, but can't make sense of the > start. See if you can do a bit more comparison, now that we think we > know what the last part supposed to be. > > Joe > Equinunk, PA - USA > jjarfas@ezaccess.net > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by ezaccess.net] > >