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GALVANISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
Synonyms:
electric healing; electrical healing; electrotherapy; galvanism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("galvanism" is a kind of...):
therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "galvanism"):
ECT; electroconvulsive therapy; electroshock; electroshock therapy (the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma)
Derivation:
galvanise; galvanize (stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Electricity produced by chemical action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("galvanism" is a kind of...):
electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)
Derivation:
galvanic (pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action)
