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Definition: FULGURATION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The act of lightening.[Websters]
2. The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called blick.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Fulguration" is a common misspelling or typo for: fulgurations.

Date "Fulguration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Fulguration \Ful"gu*ra`tion\, noun. [Latin expression fulguratio: compare to the French expression fulguration.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FULGURATION

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] Lightning; the act of lightening. [Little used or not at all.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Mining A sudden glistening of molten gold or silver at the close of cupellation. (references)
Religion Destroying tissue using an electric current. (references)
Wiktionary 1: [Noun] (medicine) Cauterization with electricity; electrocautery. (references)
  2: [Noun] The quality of flashing like lightning. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: FULGURATION

Fulguration

Fulguration, also called electrofulguration, is a procedure to destroy tissue (such as a tumor) using an electric current.

References

  • This article includes text from the U.S. National Cancer Institute's public domain Dictionary of Cancer Terms

External links

  • Fulguration entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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Topics by Level of Interest: FULGURATION

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Fulguration 2     Fulguration 2

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"fulguration" is a common misspelling or typo for: fulgurations.

Synonyms: fulguration
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Other

 blaze, coruscation, emication, flash, electrodesiccation, scintillation.
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Computed Synonyms: fulguration

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   10.5087   fulguration     electrodesiccation     sparkation, flashing, flash lightning, lightning, lightning stroke   
 2   1.5093   fulguration     sparkation     electrodesiccation, spark erosion, sparkling, spark eroding, spark discharge removal of material   
 3   1.5091   fulguration     scintillation     sparkle, twinkle, twinkling, flash, flicker   
 4   1.0192   fulguration     flair     nose, talent, aptitude, ability, gift   
 5   1.0191   fulguration     flash     gleam, sparkle, twinkle, glitter, flare   
 6   1.0091   fulguration     eclat     glory, lustre, brilliance, luster, radiance   
 7   1.0091   fulguration     luster     lustre, gloss, sheen, polish, brilliance   
 8   1.0090   fulguration     glitter     sparkle, twinkle, gleam, flash, shine   
 9   1.0090   fulguration     lightning     thunderbolt, flash, flash of lightning, lightning flash, bolt   
 10   1.0090   fulguration     luminosity     brightness, brilliance, luminance, lightness, lucidity   
 11   1.0089   fulguration     insight     discernment, understanding, sagacity, intelligence, mind   
 12   1.0089   fulguration     shine     glisten, glitter, polish, gleam, sparkle   
 13   1.0089   fulguration     spangle     sequin, tinsel, sparkle, glitter, garnish   
 14   1.0088   fulguration     twinkle     sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash, glimmer   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: FULGURATION

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya اِنْبِثاق (fulguration). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha اِنْبِثاق (fulguration). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic اِنْبِثاق (fulguration). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian ničení tkání pomocí (fulguration). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish fulguratio (fulguration, electrodesiccation), elektrodesikkation (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina ničení tkání pomocí (fulguration). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 电灼疗法 (fulguration), 电干燥法 (fulguration). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 電灼療法 (fulguration). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech ničení tkání pomocí (fulguration). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish fulguratio (fulguration, electrodesiccation), elektrodesikkation (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk fulguratio (fulguration, electrodesiccation), elektrodesikkation (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari درخشش (scintillation, eclat, glitter, luster, lustre). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Fulguration (fulguration), Elektrodesikkation (fulguration). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch fulguratie (electrodesiccation, fulguration), fulguratio (electrodesiccation, fulguration), elektrodessicatie (electrodesiccation, fulguration), electrodessicatio (electrodesiccation, fulguration), elektrodesicatie (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Français fulguration (fulguration, electrodesiccation, flash lightning, lightning, lightning stroke), étincelage (fulguration, flashing, sparkation, sparkling, electrodesiccation), électrodessiccation (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
French fulguration (fulguration, electrodesiccation, flash lightning, lightning, lightning stroke), étincelage (fulguration, flashing, sparkation, sparkling, electrodesiccation), électrodessiccation (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
German Fulguration (fulguration), Elektrodesikkation (fulguration). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 고주파 요법 (fulguration), 전광 (bolt, electric light, levin, lightning, fulguration). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 고주파 요법 (fulguration), 전광 (bolt, electric light, levin, lightning, fulguration). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic اِنْبِثاق (fulguration). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Fulguration (fulguration), Elektrodesikkation (fulguration). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Fulguration (fulguration), Elektrodesikkation (fulguration). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian lampeggiamento (blinking, flashing, winking, fulguration, lightning). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 高周波療法 (fulguration), 電光 (lightning, arc, bolt, fulguration, levin), 閃くこと (fulguration), 閃き (flair, flash, insight, fulguration, twinkle), 電光の閃き (fulguration), 神と共に永遠なるもの (fulguration), 突然発光 (fulguration). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 고주파 요법 (fulguration), 전광 (bolt, electric light, levin, lightning, fulguration). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi درخشش (scintillation, eclat, glitter, luster, lustre). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian درخشش (scintillation, eclat, glitter, luster, lustre). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) درخشش (scintillation, eclat, glitter, luster, lustre). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland fulguratio (fulguration, electrodesiccation), elektrodesikkation (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, fulguration. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: FULGURATION

Language Translations for “fulguration” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag fathagulgathagurathagatathagion (fulguration). Additional references: Athag, fulguration. (volunteer)
Double Dutch fagulgaguragatagion (fulguration). Additional references: Double Dutch, fulguration. (volunteer)
Leet |=(_)19(_)|z^+¦(){\} (fulguration). Additional references: Leet, fulguration. (volunteer)
Oppish fopulgopuropatopion (fulguration). Additional references: Oppish, fulguration. (volunteer)
Pig Latin ulgurationfay (fulguration). Additional references: Pig Latin, fulguration. (volunteer)
Terran B flegteodessica (electrodesiccation, fulguration). Additional references: Terran B, fulguration. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi fubulguburubatubion (fulguration). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, fulguration. (volunteer)
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