fulguratingn.
/ˈfʌlɡjᵿreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfəlɡ(j)əˌreɪdɪŋ/, /ˈfʊlɡ(j)əˌreɪdɪŋ/ Surg.
The action of destroying tissue by means of an electrical current; = fulguration n. 3. Frequently attributive.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by electricity > [noun]
electrotherapeutics1849
electrolysis1861
electrotherapy1861
faradization1867
faradism1876
faradaism1886
biotherapy1903
fulguration1907
fulgurating1909
electroshock1938
1909 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 July Epitome 6/1 Marion has been led by his experience of the fulgurating treatment in 7 cases of malignant disease of the bladder to take favourable views of the method.
1919 Railway Surg. Jrnl. 26 240/1 The fulgurating is done in the office, the patient walks in and walks out, going home and resting for a day, and is then back to work.
1976 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 195 97 In the two-puncture technique [of tubal sterilization], the fulgurating or ligating instrument is utilized through the accessory trocar.
2012 J. A. Smith et al. Hinman's Atlas Urol. Surg. (ed. 3) lv. 335/1 A laparoscopic technique..also allows clipping or fulgurating of the appropriate spermatic vessel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
fulguratingadj.
/ˈfʌlɡjᵿreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfəlɡ(j)əˌreɪdɪŋ/, /ˈfʊlɡ(j)əˌreɪdɪŋ/ 1. Sparkling brightly, flashing. Also in figurative contexts and figurative.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of lightning: in specific form > flashing like lightning
fulgurant1611
fulgurous1616
fulgural1656
fulgurating1677
fulgureous1865
1677 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 12 867 This fulgurating substance carries its light alwaies with it.
1709 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. (1719) ii. 36 A brisk Fulgurating Light was produc'd.
1775 J. Priestley Hist. & Present State Electr. (ed. 4) i. 19 That woollen tinctured with salt or spirits produced a new, strong, and fulgurating light.
1790 W. Petty Refl. Persons & Things in Ireland 143 If you wonder why I should do any thing to exasperate him, being in so tonitruating and fulgurating a condition, as we now behold him.
1905 J. Huneker Visionaries xviii. 320 From the fulgurating ovens of the Milky Way there shot forth streams of audible light.
1993 Atlantic June 131/1 Charles Macklin..wrested Shylock away from the comedians..and made him into a creature of fulgurating ferocity.
2012 S. J. Troupe & D. R. Troupe How Nicholas became Santa Claus p. ix Fulgurating white light twisted through the spaces between his fingers and shot to the ground.
2. Medicine. Of pain or a pain: sharp, sudden, and darting; shooting, lancinating. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > sudden
angrya1500
pang-likea1586
twinging1647
stitching1699
shooting1752
lancing1758
lancinating1762
stabbing1764
catching1820
fulgurating1878
1878 A. M. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. xi. 276 The individual may first notice the commencement of the disease by fulgurating pains which dart from the feet up the legs and thighs.
1897 T. L. Stedman et al. Twentieth Cent. Pract. XI. 825 Besides this most frequent form [of the pain of tabes], in describing which the expression ‘lancinating’ or ‘fulgurating’ is in place, other kinds of pains are more rarely observed, which are described as constricting, boring, or burning.
1915 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Aug. 269/1 He notes that when a nerve has been divided or injured, the patient has often felt an extremely violent or fulgurating pain at the moment of injury.
1997 G. Zwang in G. C. Denniston & M. F. Milos Sexual Mutilations v. 70 Beyond the spontaneous pains that can generate phantom clitoral pain.., the least touch in this region can bring about fulgurating pain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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