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
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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