galvanism

pronunciation

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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.