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NEGATIVE ELECTRICITY

\nˈɛɡətˌɪv ɪlɛktɹˈɪsɪtˌi], \nˈɛɡətˌɪv ɪlɛktɹˈɪsɪtˌi], \n_ˈɛ_ɡ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v ɪ_l_ɛ_k_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_t_ˌi]\

Definitions of NEGATIVE ELECTRICITY

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Static electricity like that produced by friction of rosin or scaling-wax.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The charge of electricity due to accumulation of an excess of negatively charged electrons.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

is electricity in a degree below the natural amount for a given body.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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