galvanism has definitions from the fields of medicine,electricity,physics
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[ noun ] (physics,electricity) electricity produced by chemical action

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(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

From Go ^ ttingen ( 1801 ) where he stayed for 10 days , he wrote , `` The first question asked everywhere is about galvanism .

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electricity

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[ noun ] (medicine,electricity) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body

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therapy galvanize

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