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Galvani

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Gal·va·ni  (gl-vän, gäl-), Luigi 1737-1798.
Italian physiologist and physician who asserted that animal tissues generate electricity. Although he was proved wrong, his experiments stimulated research on electricity.

Galvani (Italian) [galˈvaːni]
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(Biographies / Galvani, Luigi (1737-1798) M, Italian, SCIENCE: physiologist) Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1737-98, Italian physiologist: observed that muscles contracted on contact with dissimilar metals. This led to the galvanic cell and the electrical theory of muscle control by nerves
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Noun1.GalvaniGalvani - Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)


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