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fulgurating

[fuhl-gyuh-rey-ting]
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adjective Medicine/Medical.
  1. (of pains) sharp and piercing.
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Origin of fulgurating

First recorded in 1670–80; fulgurate + -ing2

fulgurate

[fuhl-gyuh-reyt]
verb (used without object), ful·gu·rat·ed, ful·gu·rat·ing.
  1. to flash or dart like lightning.
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verb (used with object), ful·gu·rat·ed, ful·gu·rat·ing.
  1. Medicine/Medical. to destroy (especially an abnormal growth) by electricity.
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Origin of fulgurate

1670–80; < Latin fulgurātus, past participle of fulgurāre to flash, glitter, lighten, derivative of fulgur flash of lightning
Related formsful·gu·ra·tion, noun
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Related Words for fulgurating

shine, flash, illuminate, flare, flicker, shimmer, explode, sparkle, gleam, radiate, glow, incandesce, illumine, glare, jet, fire, light, beam, flame, scintillate

Examples from the Web for fulgurating

Historical Examples of fulgurating

  • How long the young swells have envied Edgar the unusual and fulgurating brilliancy of his headgear!

    A Chambermaid's Diary

    Octave Mirbeau

  • It is terrified, like Delphos at the fulgurating realities of the vision; it makes tables turn as Dodona did tripods.

    Les Misrables

    Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for fulgurating

fulgurating

adjective
  1. pathol (of pain) sudden and sharp; piercing
  2. surgery of or relating to fulguration
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fulgurate

verb
  1. (intr) rare to flash like lightning
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Derived Formsfulgurant (ˈfʌlɡjʊrənt), adjective

Word Origin for fulgurate

C17: from Latin fulgurāre, from fulgur lightning
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fulgurating in Medicine

fulgurating

(ful′gyə-rā′tĭng, -gə-, fŭl′-)
adj.
  1. Lightninglike, especially of sudden shooting pain.
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