electroshock therapy
electroshock therapy
nounDefinition of ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY
: the treatment of mental disorder and especially depression by the application of electric current to the head of a usually anesthetized patient that induces unconsciousness and convulsive seizures in the brain —called also electroconvulsive therapy
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1942
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