galvanism

英 ['gælvə,nɪz(ə)m] 美 ['gælvə,nɪzm]
  • n. 电疗法；流电
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英文词源

galvanism (n.)
"electricity produced by chemical action," 1797, from French galvanisme or Italian galvanismo, from Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), professor of anatomy at Bologna, who discovered it c. 1792 while running currents through the legs of dead frogs.