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electroconvulsive therapy
noun
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First Known Use of electroconvulsive therapy
1943
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electroconvulsive therapy
noun
medical Definition of electroconvulsive therapy
:the treatment of mental illness 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
—abbreviation ECT
— called also
electric shock, electric shock therapy, electroshock therapy
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