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n. the passage of electric currents through the body’s tissues to stimulate the functioning of nerves and the muscles that they supply. The technique is used to treat the muscles of patients with various forms of paralysis due to nerve disease or muscle disorder. See also faradism, galvanism.
Subjects: Medicine and Health.
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