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fulguration

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ful·gu·rate  (flgy-rt, -g-, fl-)
v. ful·gu·rat·ed, ful·gu·rat·ing, ful·gu·rates
v.intr.
To emit flashes of lightning.
v.tr.
1. To emit (light) in flashes.
2. Medicine To destroy (abnormal tissue, for example) by electric current.
[Latin fulgurre, fulgurt-, from fulgur, lightning; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
fulgu·ration n.
fulguration [ˌfʌlgjʊˈreɪʃən]
n
(Medicine / Surgery) Surgery destruction of tissue by means of high-frequency (more than 10 000 per second) electric sparks
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