galvanism
[gal-vuh-niz-uh m]
- Electricity. electricity, especially as produced by chemical action.
- Medicine/Medical. the therapeutic application of electricity to the body.
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Origin of galvanism
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Related Words for galvanism
heat, service, tension, light, current, juice, spark, galvanism, AC, DC, utilities, electron, voltage, ignitionExamples from the Web for galvanism
Historical Examples of galvanism
Galvanism was tried without the patient showing any contractility.
Has galvanism or electricity any share in the mysterious function?
The Physical Life of Woman:Dr. George H Napheys
Magnetism, galvanism, electricity, are 'one form of many names.'
Gryll GrangeThomas Love Peacock
Miracles are told of galvanism; what have you to say about it?
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3)Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Volta read a communication on the identity of electricity and galvanism.
Makers of ElectricityBrother Potamian
galvanism
- obsolete electricity, esp when produced by chemical means as in a cell or battery
- med treatment involving the application of electric currents to tissues
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Word Origin for galvanism
C18: via French from Italian galvanismo, after Luigi Galvani
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Word Origin and History for galvanism
"electricity produced by chemical action," 1797, from French galvanisme or Italian galvanismo, from Italian physicist Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) who discovered it c.1792 while running currents through the legs of dead frogs.
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