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FULMINANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fulminant mean?
• FULMINANT (adjective)
The adjective FULMINANT has 1 sense:
1. sudden and severe
Familiarity information: FULMINANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sudden and severe
Context example:
fulminant fever
Similar:
sudden (happening without warning or in a short space of time)
Derivation:
fulminate (come on suddenly and intensely)
Context examples
A syndrome characterized by progressive kidney failure in a patient with cirrhosis or fulminant liver failure.
(Hepatorenal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinically, this disorder may present as a fulminant pachymeningitis and/or encephalitis.
(Meningeal Sarcomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is highly malignant with fulminant clinical course, bizarre histologic appearance and poor prognosis.
(Giant Cell Carcinoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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