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Definition of Fulguration
1. n. The act of lightening.
Definition of Fulguration
1. Noun. The quality of flashing like lightning. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) Cauterization with electricity; electrocautery. ¹
3. Noun. (chemistry obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; also called blick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fulguration
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Medical Definition of Fulguration
1. 1. The act of lightening. 2. The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; also called blick. "A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration." (Ure) Origin: L. Fulguratio: cf. F. Fulguration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulguration
Literary usage of Fulguration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cancer Problem by William Seaman Bainbridge (1914)
"Some tumors, because of their location (as in the intestines, uterus, brain,
lung), escape the action of the spark. In such cases fulguration alone is not ..."
2. High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry: Their Nature and by Samuel Howard Monell (1910)
"But lately, as if we were being introduced to a new abrupt, sudden, disruptive
discharge of an electric current we find the word " fulguration " with ..."
3. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"Of the later electric methods which seem to have a tangible value are electric
desiccation, fulguration, and thermo-radiotherapy. DESICCATION. ..."
4. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle (1865)
"... appeared to be a continual fulguration, interspersed with green, red, blue,
and yellow. Then it moved towards the north; from whence, in a little time, ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"It was, however, apparent that a tumor graft introduced directly into the area
of reaction immediately following fulguration was, in a high percentage of ..."
6. Currents of High Potential of High and Other Frequencies by William Benham Snow (1911)
"... DESIGNATED fulguration The application of a high frequency discharge from a
metal point with a current of sufficient energy to destroy living tissue, ..."
7. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"When in doubt concerning the nature of the tumor fulguration may be adopted as the
... After a few applications of the fulguration current it can usually be ..."
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