Galvanism

/ɡˈalvənˌɪzəm/

/ɡˈælvənˌɪzəm/

Galvanism

the production of electricity through chemical reactions

the production of involuntary muscle contractions and nerve stimulation through the application of electric current

Examples

1. We have the galvanism.

2. Galvanism was the vacuum-brewed coffee and Wes Anderson movies of its time.

3. In the mid-1800s, some well-intentioned physicians tried a kind of electropathic therapy called galvanism, after Galvani.