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Noun: Galvani  gal'vaa-nee
  1. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798)
    - Luigi Galvani

Type of: physiologist

Encyclopedia: Galvani, Luigi

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