Definition of Fulgurant

1. Adjective. Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning. "Adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"

Exact synonyms: Dazzling, Eye-popping, Fulgurous
Similar to: Impressive

Definition of Fulgurant

1. a. Lightening.

Definition of Fulgurant

1. Adjective. resembling a lightning flash; fulgurous ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fulgurant

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Fulgurant

1. Sharp and piercing. Compare: fulminant. Synonym: fulgurating. Origin: L. Fulgur, flashing lightning (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulgurant

fulfilments
fulfils
fulgency
fulgent
fulgently
fulgid
fulgide
fulgides
fulgidities
fulgidity
fulgor
fulgors
fulgour
fulgours
fulgural
fulgurant (current term)
fulgurata
fulgurate
fulgurated
fulgurates
fulgurating
fulgurating migraine
fulguration
fulgurations
fulgurite
fulgurites
fulgurous
fulgury
fulham
fulhams

Literary usage of Fulgurant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the diseases of the nervous system by Jean Martin Charcot (1879)
"From what precedes you will observe that the existence of those cutaneous eruptions seems closely connected with that of the fulgurant pains: hence it ..."

2. Gould and Pyle's Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery: With ...by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott (1912)
"P., Jumping, the pain peculiar to disease of joints when the bone is exposed by ulcération of the cartilage. P., Lancinating. See PAIN (fulgurant). ..."

3. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1917)
"In cervical tabes the ataxia may appear first in the upper extremities and may be more severe in them, and the fulgurant pains may be limited to them. ..."

4. A Treatise on nervous and mental diseases by Landon Carter Gray (1895)
"The fulgurant pain is, as the name indicates, a pain somewhat resembling the ... Both these stabbing and fulgurant pains, however, generally have three ..."

5. A Handbook of Medical Diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1915)
"It is often an early symptom, but may be preceded by fulgurant pains and changes in the pupils. ... The fulgurant pains are usually an early symptom. ..."

6. The Practice of Medicine by Horatio Charles Wood, Reginald Heber Fitz (1897)
"Thus, fulgurant pains may coexist with increased patella reflexes, because of the sclerotic degeneration being present both in the posterior and in the ..."

7. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1898)
"The fulgurant pains were excruciating. The constant girdle pains were very severe. ... The fulgurant pains had become much more rare and much less severe, ..."

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