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Gal⋅va⋅ni

[gahl-vah-nee]
–noun
Lu⋅i⋅gi [loo-ee-jee] , 1737–98, Italian physiologist whose experiments led to the discovery that electricity can result from chemical action.
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Gal·va·ni   (gāl-vä'nē, gäl-)   
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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Galvani Gal·va·ni (gāl-vä'nē, gäl-), Luigi. 1737-1798.

Italian physiologist and physician who asserted that animal tissues generate electricity. Although proved wrong, his work stimulated research on electricity.

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