fulguration
/ˌfʌlgjʊəˈreɪʃən/noun
1
- mass noun Medicine the destruction of small growths or areas of tissue using diathermy【医】电灼疗(法)。
2
- poetic/literary a flash like that of lightning〈诗/文〉(闪电似的)闪光。
派生词
fulgurant
adjective (限义项2)fulgurate
verb (限义项2)fulgurous
adjective (限义项2)词源
mid 17th cent. (usually plural in the sense 'flashes of lightning'): from Latin fulguratio(n-) 'sheet lightning', from fulgur 'lightning'. Sense 1 dates from the early 20th cent.