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   fulguration

   /ˌfʌlɡjʊˈreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the destruction of small growths or areas of tissue using diathermy.
   • 2. a flash like that of lightning. literary

   Word Origin mid 17th century (usually plural in the sense ‘flashes of lightning’): from Latin fulguratio(n-) ‘sheet lightning’, from fulgur ‘lightning’. fulguration (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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