GALVANI

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)

Synonyms:

Galvani; Luigi Galvani

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

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