fulgurate

[fuhl-gyuh-reyt]

verb (used without object), ful·gu·rat·ed, ful·gu·rat·ing.

to flash or dart like lightning.

verb (used with object), ful·gu·rat·ed, ful·gu·rat·ing.

Medicine/Medical. to destroy (especially an abnormal growth) by electricity.

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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Examples from the Web for fulguration

Historical Examples of fulguration

We have seen in the preceding chapter that fulguration often leaves no particular sign on men who are struck.
Thunder and Lightning
Camille Flammarion
The phenomenon of their total disappearance is called the lightning, or fulguration.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
Fulguration for the destruction of growths is obtained by employing a pointed metal electrode.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry
Maximilian Stern

British Dictionary definitions for fulguration

fulguration

noun

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

fulgurate

verb

(intr) rare to flash like lightning

Derived Formsfulgurant (ˈfʌlɡjʊrənt), adjective

Word Origin for fulgurate

C17: from Latin fulgurāre, from fulgur lightning

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fulguration in Medicine

fulguration

[ful′gyə-rā′shən, -gə-, fŭl′-]

n.

The destruction of tissue, usually malignant tumors, by means of a high-frequency electric current applied with a needlelike electrode.