1. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798); [syn: Galvani, Luigi Galvani]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Luigi Galvani
n 1: Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs'
muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the
galvanic cell) (1737-1798) [syn: Galvani, Luigi
Galvani]