GALVANISM

electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing

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

galvanism

(noun) electricity produced by chemical action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

galvanism (usually uncountable, plural galvanisms)

The chemical generation of electricity.

The therapeutic use of electricity.

Source: Wiktionary


Gal"va*nism, n Etym: [From Galvani: cf. F. galvanisme. See Galvanic.] (Physics) (a) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity. (b) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents.

Note: The words galvanism and galvanic, formerly in very general use, are now rarely employed. For the latter, voltaic, from the name of Volta, is commonly used.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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