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Causing seizures or convulsions by means of strong electrical shocks.
Electroconvulsive therapy is virtually a last-resort technique.
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electroconvulsive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or denoting the treatment of mental illness by applying electric shocks to the brain … English terms dictionary
electroconvulsive — adjective Date: 1947 of, relating to, or involving convulsive response to electroshock < electroconvulsive shocks > … New Collegiate Dictionary
electroconvulsive — Denoting a convulsive response to an electrical stimulus. See electroshock therapy. * * * elec·tro·con·vul·sive i .lek trō kən vəl siv adj of, relating to, producing, or involving a convulsive response to a shock of electricity… … Medical dictionary
electroconvulsive — a. inducing a convulsion through electric shocks (to the brain). ♦ electroconvulsive ♦ therapy, such technique used to treat psychosis. (abbr. E.C.T.) … Dictionary of difficult words
Electroconvulsive therapy — Intervention ICD 10 PCS GZB ICD 9 CM 94.27 … Wikipedia
electroconvulsive treatment — electroconvulsive therapy or electroconvulsive treatment, = electroshock therapy. (Cf. ↑electroshock therapy) Abbr. ECT (no periods) … Useful english dictionary
electroconvulsive therapy — n the treatment of mental disorder and esp. depression by the application of electric current to the head of a usu. anesthetized patient that induces unconsciousness and convulsive seizures in the brain abbr. ECT called also electric shock,… … Medical dictionary
electroconvulsive therapy — [ē lek΄trōkən vul′siv, i lek΄trōkən vul′siv] n. ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY … English World dictionary
Electroconvulsive Therapy — (ECT) (from 1938) Although medicine had known applications of electricity for mental symptoms since the late eighteenth century, only in the mid 1930s did the accelerating interest in somatic therapies sparked by the success of insulin… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
electroconvulsive shock — noun see electroconvulsive therapy … Useful english dictionary
