fulminant

Examples

• All

• Disease severity may range from asymptomatic infection to fulminant liver failure and death.

  Academic text (2007)

• Acute infection may also, on occasion, lead to fulminant liver failure, with a case fatality rate of 80%.

  Academic text (1994)

• It's not known why in some people it's a fulminant disease, but in others a slow wasting process.

• But this, as I said, is not a separate disease, simply a fulminant form of plague and its most common among the OR elderly.

• However, few data are available on the association between these viruses and fulminant hepatic failure.

  Academic text (1996)

• Necrotizing fasciitis is a fulminant soft-tissue infection that occurs most frequently in the extremities, abdomen, and perineum.

  Academic text (2004)

• Previous studies have reported a frequent occurrence of fulminant hepatic failure due to HBV infection by coinfection with HCV or HDV.

  Academic text (1996)

• Cervical necrotizing fasciitis is a fulminant infection associated with necrosis of connective tissue, spread along fascial planes, and high mortality.

  Academic text (2010)

• The outbreak of fulminant disease in the community surprised health officials.

• The rapid progression of the fulminant illness left doctors with little time to respond.

Synonyms

A

acute

vsfulminant

• Specialized

106 5.1

A sudden, severe illness that starts quickly

develops even more suddenly and with extreme severity

Antonyms

C

chronic

195 4.7

Lasting a long time and often coming back, usually about illness or problems

M

mild

107 1.0

Something like pain and criticism that is not very strong or serious

How Severe

fulminant

• Specialized

1 9.9

severe

520 3.5

moderate

415 3.3

mild

107 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology