English Explanatory Dictionary

shock therapy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.
  2. A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.
  3. Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy.

Word forms

shock therapy shock therapies

Etymology

From shock + therapy. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Synonyms

electroconvulsive therapy
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