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electroconvulsive therapy

electroconvulsive therapy noun: 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.

Noun

electroconvulsive therapy (usually uncountable, plural electroconvulsive therapies)

  1. (usually) 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.
    • The therapeutic effects of low and high energy electroconvulsive therapies are quite different.

Synonyms of electroconvulsive therapy

Forms of electroconvulsive therapy

pluralelectroconvulsive therapies

Questions about electroconvulsive therapy

What does electroconvulsive therapy mean?
Electroconvulsive therapy means 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.
What part of speech is electroconvulsive therapy?
Electroconvulsive therapy is a noun.
What is the plural of electroconvulsive therapy?
The plural of electroconvulsive therapy is electroconvulsive therapies.

Words near electroconvulsive therapy in the dictionary

  1. electroconvulsant
  2. electroconvulsion
  3. electroconvulsions
  4. electroconvulsive
  5. electroconvulsive therapies
  6. electroconvulsive therapy
  7. electroconvulsively
  8. electrocopied
  9. electrocopies
  10. electrocopolymerization
  11. electrocopolymerizations

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