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noun
A medical intervention involving electric shocks to treat severe mental health conditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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noun
A first aid for a physical shock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shock therapy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: therapy
Narrower terms: electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock, electroshock therapy, ECT, insulin shock, insulin shock therapy, insulin shock treatment, metrazol shock, metrazol shock therapy, metrazol shock treatment
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