Meaning of "fulminant" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FULMINANT

From Latin fulmināre to cause lightning, from fulmen lightning that strikes.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FULMINANT

fulminant  [ˈfʌlmɪnənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULMINANT

Fulminant is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FULMINANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fulminant

Fulminant \ˈfu̇l-mə-nənt, ˈfəl-\ is any event or process that occurs suddenly and quickly, and is intense and severe to the point of lethality, i.e., it has an explosive character. The word comes from Latin fulmināre, to strike with lightning. It is most frequently used in medicine, and there are several diseases described by this adjective: ▪ Fulminant liver failure ▪ Fulminant colitis ▪ Fulminant pre-eclampsia ▪ Fulminant meningitis ▪ Fulminant hepatic venous thrombosis Some viral hemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola, Lassa fever, and Lábrea fever, may kill in as little as two to five days. Diseases that cause rapidly developing lung edema, such as some kinds of pneumonia, may kill in a few hours. For example, it was said of the black death that some of its victims would die in a matter of hours after the initial symptoms appeared. Other pathologic conditions that may be fulminating in character are acute respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, acute anaphylaxis, septic shock, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Definition of fulminant in the English dictionary

The definition of fulminant in the dictionary is sudden and violent; fulminating. Other definition of fulminant is sudden and sharp; piercing.

TRANSLATION OF FULMINANT

Find out the translation of fulminant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fulminant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fulminant» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 暴发型
• Translator English - Spanish: fulminante
• English: fulminant
• Translator English - Hindi: एकाएक बढ़ानेवाला
• Translator English - Arabic: مداهم
• Translator English - Russian: молниеносный
• Translator English - Portuguese: fulminante
• Translator English - Bengali: অকস্মাৎ বর্ধনশীল
• Translator English - French: fulminante
• Translator English - Malay: Fulminant
• Translator English - German: fulminanter
• Translator English - Japanese: 激症の
• Translator English - Korean: 전격
• Translator English - Javanese: Fulminant
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nổ
• Translator English - Tamil: பறிக்க வல்லதாகும்
• Translator English - Marathi: फुगलेला
• Translator English - Turkish: birden gelişen
• Translator English - Italian: fulminante
• Translator English - Polish: piorunujące
• Translator English - Ukrainian: блискавичний
• Translator English - Romanian: fulminantă
• Translator English - Greek: κεραυνοβόλος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: fulminant
• Translator English - Swedish: fulminant
• Translator English - Norwegian: fulminant

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULMINANT»

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Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology, ...

Following a primary HBV infection, the host may run an acute, fulminant, or chronic course. The interaction between the host and virus determines the outcome of infection. ACUTE AND FULMINANT HEPATITIS B Acute hepatitis runs a ...

W. Allan Walker, 2004

Viral Hepatitis

Before the discovery of HCV, putative NANBH agents were thought to account for 30—40% of all cases of fulminant NANBH. However, the evidence hitherto accumulated suggests that HCV rarely causes fulminant hepatitis [47]. An etiologic ...

Howard C. Thomas, Anna S. F. Lok, Stephen A. Locarnini, 2013

Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children

Fulminant hepatitis in children in Taiwan: the important role of hepatitis B virus. JPediatr 1986;3:34–8. Gimson AES, White YS, Eddleston WF, Williams R. Clinical and prognostic differences in fulminant hepatitis type A, B and nonA, non -B. Gut ...

Deirdre Kelly, 2009

Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System

TT-virus infection in North American blood donors, patients with fulminant hepatic failure, and cryptogenic cirrhosis. Hepatology 1998; 28: 839. Chenard-Neu MP, Boudjema K, Bernuau J et al. Auxiliary liver transplantation: regeneration of the ...

Shiela Sherlock, James Dooley, 2008

Liver Disease in Children

Infection in children may follow an acute, self-limited course, a fulminant course to hepatic failure with high mortality rate, or may ... Most infected children remained asymptomatic, and only few presented with acute or fulminant hepatitis.

Frederick J. Suchy, Ronald J. Sokol, William F. Balistreri, 2014

Schiff's Diseases of the Liver

Hepatitis C virus RNA and hepatitis B virus DNA in serum and liver of patients with fulminant hepatitis. Gastroenterology 1993;104:549–55. 30. Wright TL, Mamish D, Combs C, et al. Hepatitis B virus and apparent fulminant non-A, non-B  ...

Eugene R. Schiff, Willis C. Maddrey, Michael F. Sorrell, 2011

Acute Liver Failure

insulin and glucagon to stimulate liver regeneration in fulminant hepatic failure. JHepatol 1 10: 332-6. Harrison, P.M., Kcays, R., Bray, G.P., Alexander, G J.M. and Williams. R. 1990b. Improved outcome of paracetamol-induced fulminant ...

William M. Lee, Roger Williams, 1997

Immunoendocrinology: Scientific and Clinical Aspects: ...

30 June 2006, 3 patients under 4 years of age (one boy and two girls) suffered from fulminant type 1, and the other 12 of 250 patients under 20 years of age ( three boys and nine girls) had fulminant type 1 diabetes (19). This finding suggests ...

George S. Eisenbarth, 2010

Tropical Hepato-Gastroenterology

Saibara T, Onishi, Maeda T et al. Arterial blood ketone body ratio as a possible indicator for predicting fulminant hepatitis in patients with acute hepatitis. Liver 1992;12:392. Robert A, Chazouilleres O. Prothrombin time in liver failure time, ratio, ...

B. N. Tandon, 2012

The Liver in Biology and Disease: Liver Biology in Disease, ...

Acute lung injury in fulminant hepatic failure following paracetamol poisoning. Thorax, 50, 399-402. Bernuau, J ., Reuff, B., & Benhamou, J. P. (1986). Fulminant and subfulminant liver failure: Definitions and causes. Sem. Liver Dis., 6, 97-106.

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULMINANT»

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'Prevent hepatitis. Act now'

Hepatitis E is usually self-limiting but may develop into fulminant hepatitis (acute liver failure). The prevalence is highest in East and South Asia ... «Financial Express Bangladesh, Jul 15»

Fatal multifocal Pasteurella multocida infection: a case report

Case presentationWe report on a case of fulminant P. multocida bacteremia at several sites (soft tissues, endocarditis and joints) on a white ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»

Picking up Protease Allowed Y. Pestis to Cause Pneumonic Plague …

... lungs and cause systemic disease, "suggesting that Y. pestis was primed to cause a fulminant pneumonia before its ability to efficiently cause ... «GenomeWeb, Jun 15»

Barbara Kay: Kids today need to get a sense of humour

Radical feminists exploded in fulminant rage, presumably at the idea that men are endowed by nature with any “gift” at all to offer women, and ... «National Post, Jun 15»

2015 Kieler Woche – Day 1

Their start was fulminant by winning the race, followed by two third ranks. They are now on rank two, just behind the Dutch crew Annemiek ... «Sail World, Jun 15»

Genetic evidence in the mouse solidifies the calcium hypothesis of …

... the calcium hypothesis of MD, such that models with artificially elevated calcium in skeletal muscle manifest fulminant dystrophic-like disease ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

Sugar Land community gathers to welcome boy home from hospital

Justin Stout was diagnosed with acute fulminant liver failure while on a family vacation in March. After he was taken to Texas Children's ... «KPRC Houston, Jun 15»

Enterovirus 71 Proteins 2A and 3D Antagonize the Antiviral Activity …

... severe mortality involving multiple possible mechanisms, including cytokine storm, brain stem encephalitis, and fulminant pulmonary edema. «Journal of Virology, Jun 15»

Andrea Dovizioso: 2 Elektronikdefekte in vier Rennen

Ducati-Werksfahrer Andrea Dovizioso hat die MotoGP-Saison 2015 fulminant begonnen: zweite Plätze in Doha, Austin und Las Termas, ... «SPEEDWEEK.COM, Jun 15»

Cette semaine à Montréal (du 15 au 21 juin)

Le chef de la bande, le fulminant batteur norvégien Paal Nilssen-Love, s'est entouré de jeunes compatriotes dans une formation comprenant ... «La Scena Musicale, Jun 15»