fulguration

/ ˌfʌlɡjʊˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. surgery destruction of tissue by means of high-frequency (more than 10 000 per second) electric sparks

Example Sentences

The phenomenon of their total disappearance is called the lightning, or fulguration.

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We have seen in the preceding chapter that fulguration often leaves no particular sign on men who are struck.

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Fulguration for the destruction of growths is obtained by employing a pointed metal electrode.

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