electrobiology
/ɪˌlɛktrəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒi/noun
1A branch of biology which deals with electrical phenomena in living organisms.
2Mesmerism, especially as inducing a state of suggestibility or as attributed to an electro-vital force.
- Originally applied to a form of mesmerism in which a state of hypnotic suggestibility was induced by asking the subject to hold and gaze at a small disc of copper and zinc..
Origin
Mid 19th century. From electro- + biology. Compare French électrobiologie.
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