Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Electro-bioscopy \E*lec`tro-bi*os"co*py\, n. [Electro- + Gr. ?
   life + -scopy.] (Biol.)
   A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an
   animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the
   presence or absence of muscular contraction.