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Webster 1913 Edition
Tellurism
Tel′lu-rism
,Noun.
An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
[R.]
S. Thompson.
Definition 2024
tellurism
tellurism
English
Noun
tellurism (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A hypothetical form of animal magnetism, ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of S. Thompson to this entry?)
- (medicine, obsolete) The supposed influence of emanations from the soil in producing disease.