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galvani

/ɡælˈvɑː.ni/

Traducción: Fisiólogo italiano conocido por su descubrimiento de que los músculos de las ranas se contraen en un campo eléctrico, lo que condujo a la invención de la pila galvánica.

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/ɡælˈvɑː.ni/C1formalscientific
  • esFisiólogo italiano conocido por su descubrimiento de que los músculos de las ranas se contraen en un campo eléctrico, lo que condujo a la invención de la pila galvánica.

An Italian physiologist known for his discovery that frog muscles contracted in an electric field, leading to the development of the galvanic cell.

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  1. Italian physiologistC2formalscientific

    Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), an Italian physician and physicist known for his pioneering work in bioelectricity, particularly the discovery that muscle contraction in frogs could be triggered by electrical stimulation.

    esLuigi Galvani, fisiólogo italiano

    • Galvani's experiments with frog legs laid the foundation for the study of bioelectricity.
    • The term 'galvanism' is derived from the name of Luigi Galvani.
    • Galvani observed that a spark from a static electricity machine caused a frog's leg to twitch.