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bi⋅o⋅mag⋅net⋅ism

[bahy-oh-mag-ni-tiz-uhm]

Origin:
bio- + magnetism


bi⋅o⋅mag⋅net⋅ic [bahy-oh-mag-net-ik] , adjective

animal magnetism

–noun
1. the power to attract others through one's physical presence, bearing, energy, etc.
2. the indefinite power, presumably innate in some persons, that enables one to induce hypnosis.
Also called biomagnetism.


Origin:
1775–85
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bi·o·mag·net·ism   (bī'ō-māg'nĭ-tĭz'əm)   
n.  
  1. The magnetic field created by a living organism.

  2. The effect of an external magnetic field on living organisms.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: animal magnetism
Function: noun
: a spiritlike force alleged by the Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815) to reside within himself and to beactive in his use of therapeutic hypnosis —see MESMERISM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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