An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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galvanism
  گالوانیسم  
gâlvânism
Fr.: galvanisme  

  1. The production of electricity from a chemical reaction.

  2. The therapeutic application of electricity to the human body.

See also: From Fr. galvanisme, after Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), the Italian physiologist, who demonstrated (1790) muscular action due to contact with dissimilar metals.