galvanism
英 ['gælvə,nɪz(ə)m]
美['gælvə,nɪzm]
- n. 电疗法；流电
英英释义
- 1. electricity produced by chemical action
- 2. the therapeutic application of electricity to the body
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.