galvanism
English edit
Etymology edit
From French galvanisme, after physiologist Luigi Alyisio Galvani (1737–1798) + -isme.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galvanism (usually uncountable, plural galvanisms)
- The chemical generation of electricity.
- The (therapeutic) use of electricity directly applied to the body.
- 1831 October 15, Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, “Introduction”, in Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; IX), 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], published 31 October 1831, →OCLC, page x:
- 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.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 101:
- 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.
- 1892, Journal of Electrotherapeutics: Volume 10:
- 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.
Translations edit
chemical generation of electricity
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therapeutic use of electricity
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See also edit
References edit
- OED2
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French galvanisme.
Noun edit
galvanism n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of galvanism (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) galvanism | galvanismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) galvanism | galvanismului |
| vocative | galvanismule | |