English

galvanocaustic

From galvano- + caustic.

Italian Galvano

Italian Galvani

Proto-Hellenic *káwyō

Ancient Greek καίω ‘I burn’

Ancient Greek καυστός ‘burnt’

Ancient Greek καυστικός ‘burning’

Latin causticus ‘burning’

Today it means

adj Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / galvanocaustic