Galvani

From Italian Galvani, from Galvano + -i (“forming surnames”), from galba (“larva, worm, fatty”), from Gaulish of uncertain meaning. Doublet of Galvano, Galvan, and Galvao.

Galvani

1. A surname from Italian.

   Luigi Galvani first described galvanism in 1792.

• galvanism, galvanic, galvano-

• avaling, vaginal

 

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From Galvano +‎ -i.

Galvani m or f by sense

1. a surname

   Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and anatomist

• invalga, lagnavi