wḫdw

Egyptian

Etymology

wḫd (“to endure, to suffer”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛxɛduː/
  • Conventional anglicization: wekhedu

Noun

 m

1. (medicine) an agent of decay and disease seen as originating in the fecal matter of the bowels, spreading to other body parts through the blood vessels, and forming abscesses there and manifesting as pus in the living, while manifesting as decomposition in the dead [Medical Papyri and 18th Dynasty Magical Texts]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḫdw  

wḫdw	wḫdw
abbreviation	abbreviation

References

• Steuer, Robert Otto (1948) ‘wḫdw’, Aetiological Principle of Pyaemia in Ancient Egyptian Medicine
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 356.9–356.12