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fulguration

Pronunciation: /ˌfʌlgjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

Definition of fulguration

noun

1 [mass noun] Medicine the destruction of small growths or areas of tissue using diathermy.

2 literary a flash like that of lightning.

Derivatives

fulgurant: (in fulguration (sense 2)).
fulgurate
fulgurous: (in fulguration (sense 2)).

Origin:

mid 17th century (usually plural in the sense 'flashes of lightning'): from Latin fulguratio(n-) 'sheet lightning', from fulgur 'lightning'. fulguration (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century