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Webster 1913 Edition


Tellurism

Tel′lu-rism

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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)

  1. (obsolete) A hypothetical form of animal magnetism, ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence.
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  2. (medicine, obsolete) The supposed influence of emanations from the soil in producing disease.