Associations to the word «Fulguration»

Wiktionary

FULGURATION, noun. The quality of flashing like lightning.
FULGURATION, noun. (medicine) Cauterization with electricity; electrocautery.
FULGURATION, noun. (chemistry) (obsolete) 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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.