Terms Related to Electric Injury

• Electromagnetic

  Phenomena involving magnets, electric currents through conductors and the electric and magnetic fields thus produced, as in electric motors.

• Electric Burn

  Burns produced by contact with electric current or from a sudden discharge of electricity.

• Electric Eel

  A genus of fish, in the family GYMNOTIFORMES, capable of producing an electric shock that immobilizes fish and other prey. The species Electrophorus electricus is …

• Gymnotiformes

  An order of neotropical electric fish found chiefly in the waters of South America. They continually emit weak electric discharges, which they use in object …