fulminancyn.
/ˈfʊlmᵻnənsi/, /ˈfʌlmᵻnənsi/, U.S. /ˈfʊlmənənsi/, /ˈfəlmənənsi/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [noun] > violent > character or quality
fulminancy1858
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. v. 62 The new King himself noticed her, and hurled back a look of due fulminancy.
2. Medicine. The quality or condition of being severe or life-threatening. Cf. fulminant adj. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > degree of intensity > violence or severity
malicea1382
vehemency?1541
malignity1543
acutenessa1644
virulency1651
malignancy1693
virulence1748
severity1808
acuity1839
fulminancy1887
1887 Australasian Med. Gaz. 6 225/2 Fulminancy would be another point in favour of the diagnosis of ‘acute atrophy’.
1891 Austral. Med. Jrnl. 15 Aug. 379 With these exceptions, there was no other macroscopic change found in the organs which might have explained the fulminancy of this case.
1973 Progress Med. Virol. 16 288 The precise factors determining either fulminancy or chronicity remain unresolved.
1995 Chest 107 214/2 High virulence of the microorganism, altered immune response, and increased susceptibility to infection may all have contributed to the fulminancy in this group of patients.
2009 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 197 306/2 I think that [sc. a rising white blood cell count] might be an important predictor of the possibility of the fulminancy of the colitis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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