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galvanism

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡælvəˌnɪzəm/Part of speech nounSorted aagilmnsvStarts with GEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)

Word origin

From French galvanisme, after physiologist Luigi Alyisio Galvani (1737–1798) + -isme. By surface analysis, galvano- + -ism.

Used in a sentence

  • Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated; galvanism had given token of such things: perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and endued with vital warmth.
  • The sudden application of galvanism to bands of savages may fairly rank as a new sensation, and they, thinking the wire held this strange and mysterious power, wisely left it alone.
  • Erb and Remak in Germany, Beard and Rockwell and Althans in America, have used it with advantage, in the forms of galvanisms and faradisms, in the treatment of joint troubles.

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