fulminant
pronunciation
How to pronounce fulminant in British English:
UK ['fu:lmənənt]
How to pronounce fulminant in American English:
US ['fulmənənt]
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- Adjective:
- sudden and severe
Word Origin
- fulminant (adj.)
- c. 1600, "fulminating, thundering," from French fulminant or directly from Latin fulminantem (nominative fulminans), present participle of fulminare "to hurl lightning" (see fulminate). As a noun from 1808.
Example
- 1. Fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus : progress in research .
- 2. Clinical behavior of secondary bacterial infection in patients with chronic fulminant hepatitis b.
- 3. Fulminant encephalopathy usually develops within a week .
- 4. Another term for acute liver failure is fulminant hepatic failure .
- 5. Liver transplantation for fulminant liver failure .