galvanism

[ gal-vuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. Electricity. electricity, especially as produced by chemical action.
2. Medicine/Medical. the therapeutic application of electricity to the body.

galvanism

/ ˈɡælvəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. obsolete.
   electricity, esp when produced by chemical means as in a cell or battery
2. med treatment involving the application of electric currents to tissues

Word History and Origins

Origin of galvanism¹

1790–1800; < French galvanisme, named after Luigi Galvani; -ism

Word History and Origins

Origin of galvanism¹

C18: via French from Italian galvanismo, after Luigi Galvani

Example Sentences

Back in 1875 Beard and Rockwell speak of two cases, one cured and the other relieved by descending galvanism.

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But galvanism applied to the spinal cord in the neck, causes contraction of blood-vessels.

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I laid great stress on the 3/8's, and the galvanism, and took them on trust, ignorant as to their functions.

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This mental galvanism was rewarded by improved pay, enabling them to live comfortably till the end of 1838.

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No medical man should give any female up who is flooding, no matter how severely, till he has tried Galvanism.

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