English Explanatory Dictionary

electroconvulsive therapy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient, with the noted side effect of memory loss.

Word forms

electroconvulsive therapy electroconvulsive therapies

Synonyms

ECT Edison's medicine electroshock therapy shock therapy
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