Electrogeny

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electrogeny \E`lec*trog"e*ny\, n. [Electro- + Gr. ? to produce.]
     (Physiol.)
     A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in
     the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is
     passed along the spinal cord or nerves.
     [1913 Webster]