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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.
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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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