electroconvulsive therapy
English
Noun
electroconvulsive therapy (usually uncountable, plural electroconvulsive therapies)
- (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- insulin shock therapy (an outdated therapy)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
biomedical therapy using electrical current
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Further reading
electroconvulsive therapy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia