Defenition of the word electroconvulsive therapy

• Defenition of the word electroconvulsive therapy

  • A psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect.
  • the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

Synonyms for the word electroconvulsive therapy

• • ECT
  • electroshock
  • electroshock therapy

Hypernyms for the word electroconvulsive therapy

• • electric healing
  • electrical healing
  • electrotherapy
  • galvanism
  • shock therapy
  • shock treatment

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