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galvanism的意思

galvanism
英式音标['gælvə,nɪzm]
美式英标['gælvə,nɪz(ə)m]

基本解释

n. 电疗法;流电

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.