faradism

English

Etymology

From farad +‎ -ism.

Noun

faradism (plural faradisms)

1. (medicine, archaic) Treatment with faradic electricity; faradization.
   • 1892, Journal of electrotherapeutics: Volume 10:

     Erb and Remak in Germany, Beard and Rockwell and Althans in America, have used it with advantage, in the forms of galvanisms and faradisms, in the treatment of joint troubles.

   • 1916, The New England Journal of Medicine: Volume 174:

     The electrical reactions now show a distinct myasthenic reaction, the orbicularis and frontal exhausting on the application of from 16 to 25 faradisms.

References

• “faradism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.