Gal·va·ni (g l-vä n , 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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| Noun | 1. |  Galvani - 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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