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    GALVANISM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)play

    Synonyms:

    electric healing; electrical healing; electrotherapy; galvanism

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("galvanism" is a kind of...):

    therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "galvanism"):

    ECT; electroconvulsive therapy; electroshock; electroshock therapy (the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma)

    Derivation:

    galvanise; galvanize (stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Electricity produced by chemical actionplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("galvanism" is a kind of...):

    electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)

    Derivation:

    galvanic (pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action)

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