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.
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Galvanism
/ˈɡælvəˌnɪzəm/
Synonyms for "galvanism" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
electrotherapyanimal electricity
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
bioelectric researchbioelectric stimulationelectric biology
Related words (4)
Noun(3 words)
electric healingelectric stimulationelectrical healing
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesbioelectric phenomenonbiomedical scienceelectricityphysiological phenomenonscientific fieldtherapytreatment
More specific
4 entrieselectric tissue stimulationelectrical muscle contractiongalvanic currentnerve stimulation
Collocations
6 entriesanimal electricitybioelectric phenomenonelectric muscle contractionelectrical stimulationgalvanic currentnerve stimulation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- галвани́зъм noun (therapeutic use of electricity)
Finnish
1 entries- galvanismi noun (therapeutic use of electricity)
French
1 entries- galvanisme noun (therapeutic use of electricity)
Italian
1 entries- galvanismo noun (therapeutic use of electricity)
Macedonian
1 entries- галвани́зам noun (therapeutic use of electricity)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
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.
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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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I connected, by means of one chain of moisture, the heads of two or three calves, and observed that by this combination the force of the Galvanism was exerted with more energy: a frog, which was not affected by touching one head, experienced violent contractions when applied to a series of several heads connected together.
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