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单词 electroconvulsive therapy
释义

electroconvulsive therapy

English

Noun

electroconvulsive therapy (usually uncountable, plural electroconvulsive therapies)

  1. (medicine) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.
    The therapeutic effects of low and high energy electroconvulsive therapies are quite different.

Synonyms

  • ECT, Edison's medicine, electroshock therapy, shock therapy

Coordinate terms

  • insulin shock therapy (an outdated therapy)

Translations

Further reading

  • electroconvulsive therapy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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