galvanism

galvanism
1. Direct current electricity produced by chemical action, as by a battery. 2. Oral manifestations of direct current electricity occurring when dental restorations with dissimilar electric potentials (such as silver and gold) are placed in the mouth; characterized by pain or development of small areas of leukoplakia. SYN: voltaism.

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gal·va·nism 'gal-və-.niz-əm n
1) a direct current of electricity esp. when produced by chemical action (as in a storage battery)
2) the therapeutic use of direct electric current (as to relieve pain)

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n.
(formerly) any form of medical treatment using electricity. Interrupted galvanism is a form of electrotherapy in which direct current, in impulses lasting for 30 to 100 milliseconds, is used to stimulate the activity of nerves or the muscles they supply. See also faradism.

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gal·va·nism (galґvə-niz-əm) [Luigi Galvani] 1. galvanic current. 2. the therapeutic use of this current, particularly for stimulation of nerves and muscle.

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