GALVANISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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)

Meaning:

Electricity produced by chemical action

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)