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GALVANI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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Instance hypernyms:
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)