Fulminant

Word FULMINANT
Character 9
Hyphenation ful mi nant
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Fulminant"

What do we mean by fulminant?

Occurring suddenly, rapidly, and with great severity or intensity. adjective

Lightening and thundering; making a great stir.

In pathology, developing suddenly: as, fulminant plague.

Thundering; fulminating. adjective

Exploding or detonating adjective

Occurring suddenly, rapidly, and with great severity or intensity adjective

Sudden and severe adjective

A thunderbolt.

An explosive.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fulminant

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The word "fulminant" in example sentences

In this condition, called fulminant hepatitis B, a liver transplant is the only treatment of merit. ❋ Sanjiv Chopra (2001)

We also have the sadly familiar type described as the fulminant or, literally, "lightning-stroke" variety. ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)

That showed the death rate for patients with a type of infection called fulminant C.difficile colitis was 75 percent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

However, Katie developed a full-blown version known as fulminant infectious mononucleosis (FIM). ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to hospital representatives, tests at Holtz showed that the baby had neonatal giant cell hepatitis, which led to what doctors call fulminant liver failure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jacob was immediately transferred to the Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), where doctors diagnosed him with fulminant hepatic failure — liver failure with a very rapid onset. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"As with all fulminant cases, this happened so fast," remembers transplant coordinator Cathy Goodsell. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Clinical stabilization and effective B-lymphocyte depletion in the cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood of a patient with fulminant relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. ❋ Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2008)

Her eyeballs are still yellow—presaging fulminant liver failure. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

When his liver function was measured, an acute, fulminant hepatitis was discovered. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

It is a disease of overproduction, of fulminant growth—growth unstoppable, growth tipped into the abyss of no control. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

Death is usually from acute fulminant respiratory distress, in which one basically drowns in one's own blood-tinted respiratory secretions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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