fulgurate

fulgurate

 [ful´gu-rāt]

1. to come and go like a flash of lightning.

2. to destroy by contact with electric sparks generated by a high-frequency current.

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fulgurate

(fo͝ol′gyə-rāt′, -gə-, fŭl′-)

v. fulgu·rated, fulgu·rating, fulgu·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.

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ful′gu·ra′tion n.

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fulgurate

verb To destroy tissue by fulguration, see there.

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