wḫdw
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
wḫd (“to endure, to suffer”) + -w.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛxɛduː/
- Conventional anglicization: wekhedu
Noun edit
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- (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 edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḫdw
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References edit
- 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