| galvanic | Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. <physics> Galvanic battery, the voltaic pile. See Voltaic. Origin: From Galvani, a professor of physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity: cf. F. Galvanique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| galvanic cautery | An obsolete term for electrocautery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galvanic cell | <chemistry> See voltaic cell (09 Jan 1998) |
| galvanic current | See: direct current, galvanism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galvanic nystagmus | Nystagmus involving galvanic stimulation of the labyrinth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galvanic skin reaction | A change in electrical resistance of the skin, occurring in emotion and in certain other conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| galvanic skin reflex | A change in electrical resistance of the skin, occurring in emotion and in certain other conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| galvanic skin response | A change in electrical resistance of the skin, occurring in emotion and in certain other conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| galvanic threshold | The minimal strength of an electrical stimulus of indefinite duration that is able to cause excitation of a tissue, e.g., muscle or nerve. See: chronaxie. Synonym: galvanic threshold. Origin: rheo-+ G. Basis, a base (05 Mar 2000) |
| bath | Origin: AS. Bae; akin to OS. & Icel. Ba, Sw, Dan, D, & G. Bad, and perh. To G. Bahen to foment. 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc, to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. "Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence." (Gwilt) 5. <chemistry> A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. <photography> A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. Douche bath. See Douche. Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz, knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B, K. C. B, K. B. Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bath itch | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bath pruritus | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Greville bath | An obsolete treatment with nonluminous electric hot air given at a very high temperature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water bath | In chemistry, a vessel containing water, in which a container holding a substance to be heated or evaporated can be immersed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colloid bath | A bath prepared by adding soothing agents such as sodium bicarbonate or oatmeal to the bath water to relieve skin irritation and pruritus. (05 Mar 2000) |