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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fulguration /ˌfʌlgjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

1 Medicine the destruction of small growths or areas of tissue using diathermy.

2 literary a flash like that of lightning.

– derivatives
fulgurant adjective,
fulgurate verb.

– origin C17: from L. fulguratio(n-) ‘sheet lightning’.

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