fulguration

/ ˌfʌlɡjʊˈreɪʃən /

noun

surgery destruction of tissue by means of high-frequency (more than 10 000 per second) electric sparks

The phenomenon of their total disappearance is called the lightning, or fulguration.

We have seen in the preceding chapter that fulguration often leaves no particular sign on men who are struck.

Fulguration for the destruction of growths is obtained by employing a pointed metal electrode.

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