ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electroconvulsive therapy mean? 

• ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (noun)
  The noun ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY has 1 sense:

1. the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

  Familiarity information: ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ECT; electroconvulsive therapy; electroshock; electroshock therapy

Hypernyms ("electroconvulsive therapy" is a kind of...):

electric healing; electrical healing; electrotherapy; galvanism (the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis))

shock therapy; shock treatment (treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions)

 Context examples 

Also called electroconvulsive therapy and electroshock therapy.

(ECT, NCI Dictionary)

Also called ECT and electroconvulsive therapy.

(Electroshock therapy, NCI Dictionary)