faradization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The therapeutic application of the faradic, or induced, electrical current.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Thus, Galvani left his name to electricity by contact; and with equal justice, in my opinion, the name of Faraday may be bestowed on electricity by induction. Consequently, I propose that this electricity by called Faradism, and its application, Faradization."
- "As I have already stated, many cases of nervous deafness, which often results only from relaxation of the tympanum, have been cured by Faradization."
- "Comparing the effects of central galvanization with those of general faradization, we find that both are powerful tonics, and are adapted for conditions of debility, by whatever names they may be known."
- "Such is the rôle of Faradization, which applied in the uterus in a proper way, preceded and followed by antiseptic injection, constitutes the true interstitial massage, provocative of contraction of all the unstriped muscular fibres, exciting and hastening the circulation, accelerating the absorptions of the exudatino and correcting also a languid and perverted nutrition."
- "After three uterine faradizations, a patient commenced to menstruate after seven years of amenorrhea, and had continued regular ever since."