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bioelectricity

/ ˌbaɪəʊˌɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. electricity generated by a living organism

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The most notable are his ability to turn invisible and channel bioelectricity.

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“There’s no external control from a remote control or bioelectricity. This is an autonomous agent—it’s almost like a wind-up toy,” Kriegman told Live Science.

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This suggests, somewhat grandly, that bioelectricity and action potentials power the motions of plants and animals alike.

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Following an unsuccessful war with intelligent machines, the human race is little more than a crop, a plentiful source of bioelectricity.

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Galvani Bioelectronics is named after Luigi Galvani, an 18th-century scientist who is best known for his work on bioelectricity and his experiments animating severed frogs' legs using jolts of electricity.

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