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Gal•va•ni
Pronunciation: (gäl-vä'nē), [key]—
n.
Lu•i•gi Pronunciation: (lOO-ē'jē), [key] 1737–98, Italian physiologist whose experiments led to the discovery that electricity can result from chemical action.
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