Definition of fulguration in English:

noun

• 1Medicine
  mass noun The destruction of small growths or areas of tissue using diathermy.

  Example sentences

  • ‘If the urethra is of sufficient caliber and support, transurethral fulguration is recommended.’
  • ‘The method used to surgically eradicate the tumor is classified as an optional policy, with electrocautery resection, fulguration or laser ablation cited as optional methods.’
  • ‘Direct current fulguration can still be considered in cases when radiofrequency ablation fails, though it requires higher expertise, general anesthesia and carries a higher morbidity.’
  • ‘These lesions were better treated by attempting fulguration with the coagulation probe.’
  • ‘She had a laparotomy for resection of bilateral ovarian endometriomas, resection and fulguration of peritoneal implants, and presacral neurectomy.’

• 2literary A flash like that of lightning.

  Example sentences

  • ‘Then the darkness or bloudy colour of the Sun and Moon; The shaking of the Powers of Heaven, the fulgurations of the Air and the falling of Stars.’

  Synonyms

  light, brightness, gleam, glow, glint, glimmer, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, glitter, glisten, shimmer, flash, dazzle, beam, flare, glare, radiance, illumination, luminescence, luminosity, incandescence, phosphorescence, fluorescence

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