galvanism
pronunciation
How to pronounce galvanism in British English: UK ['gælvənɪzəm]
How to pronounce galvanism in American English: US ['gælvəˌnɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- electricity produced by chemical action
- the therapeutic application of electricity to the body
Word Origin
- galvanism (n.)
- "electricity produced by chemical action," 1797, from French galvanisme or Italian galvanismo, from Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), professor of anatomy at Bologna, who discovered it c. 1792 while running currents through the legs of dead frogs.