fulguration

 
Pronunciation: /ˌfʌlgjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

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

adjective
fulguration (sense 2).

fulgurate

verb
fulguration (sense 2).

fulgurous

adjective
(only 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