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GALVANI
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• GALVANI (noun)
The noun GALVANI has 1 sense:
1. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
Familiarity information: GALVANI used as a noun is very rare.
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Galvani; Luigi Galvani
Instance hypernyms:
physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)
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