Fulguration vs Cryotherapy - What's the difference?
fulguration | cryotherapy |
The quality of flashing like lightning.
(medicine) Cauterization with electricity; electrocautery.
(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.
The use of low temperatures in medical therapy or the removal of heat from a body part, aiming to decrease cellular metabolism and inflammation and to promote vasoconstriction.