Meaning Of The Word Electroconvulsive therapy
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What's The Definition Of Electroconvulsive therapy?
electroconvulsive therapy in American English
electroshock therapy noun: a treatment for serious mental illnesses, as severe depressive disorders, involving the application to the head of electric current in order to induce a seizure: usually administered after sedatives and muscle relaxants electroconvulsive therapy in British English noun: the treatment of certain psychotic conditions by passing an electric current through the brain to induce coma or convulsions |
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