English Explanatory Dictionary

Edison's medicine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Electroconvulsive therapy.

Word forms

Edison's medicine

Etymology

After Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor who pioneered applications of electricity. Chosen for the near-rhyme.

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