wḫdw
Egyptian
Etymology
wḫd (“to endure, to suffer”) + -w.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛxɛduː/
- Conventional anglicization: wekhedu
Noun
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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
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḫdw
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References
- Steuer, Robert Otto (1948) ‘wḫdw’, Aetiological Principle of Pyaemia in Ancient Egyptian Medicine
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 356.9–356.12