Faradiser

/ˈfærədaɪzər/ noun

Definition

A person, usually a doctor or medical technician, who administers faradic electrical treatments; also, a device that produces faradic current.

Etymology

From faradise (verb) plus the agent suffix -er, referring either to practitioners who apply the treatment or the machines that generate the current.

Kelly Says

A 'faradiser' could be either a person or a machine—early medical devices had such grand names that the line between operator and instrument blurred in Victorian medical terminology.

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