English Explanatory Dictionary

tellurism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tellurism

Etymology

From telluric + -ism.

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