electroshock
electroshock noun: electric shock.
Noun
electroshock (countable and uncountable, plural electroshocks)
- electric shock.
- The injection of the relaxant myocaine (glycerol ester of guaiacol) before an electroshock prevents the dysfunction of carbohydrate metabolism, restricts the splitting of phosphocreatine after cardiazol and picrotoxin, and after electroshock and amidopyrine it facilitates phosphocreatine synthesis...1965, Experimental Epilepsy, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 170
- The associations between valence feature codes and tactile codes are assumed, reflecting that the model already 'knows' that an electroshock is inherently experienced as unpleasant. The associations between word shapes and valence codes are also assumed, reflecting prior knowledge of the valence of...2011, Maarten H. Lamers, Fons J. Verbeek, Human-Robot Personal Relationships: Third International Conference, HRPR 2010, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 23-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers, Springer...
- Electroconvulsive therapy.
- Although California has the toughest laws in the country regulating electroshock and requiring patient consent, due to the pressures from the medical lobby these have never been enforced. The procedure is extremely lucrative for the doctors who use it.1983 April 9, John Kyper, “Nineteen Arrested In Berkeley Shock Protest”, in Gay Community News, page 3
- As he awaited the third series of electroshocks in late October 1943, Artaud recalled the accident to Ferdière: 'The electroshock therapy has caused me to suffer terribly, and I beg you to spare me another suffering.'2016, David A. Shafer, Antonin Artaud, Reaktion Books, →ISBN
Verb
electroshock (third-person singular simple present electroshocks, present participle electroshocking, simple past and past participle electroshocked)
- To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
electroshock meaning in Tamil
electroshock in Tamil
- மின்னதிர்ப்பு
Examples of electroshock in a sentence
- Similarly, alkaline phosphatases no longer decrease after an electroshock if myocaine has previously been injected (Appel et al., 1957).1965, Experimental Epilepsy, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 170:
- The associations between valence feature codes and tactile codes are assumed, reflecting that the model already 'knows' that an electroshock is inherently experienced as unpleasant.2011, Maarten H. Lamers, Fons J. Verbeek, Human-Robot Personal Relationships: Third International Conference, HRPR 2010, Leiden, The...
- Test mice were injected i.vt. with 95 mM taurine in a volume of 2 μ1,3 min prior to an electroshock (50 mA for 0.2 sec).2013, Akitane Mori, Guanidines: Historical, Biological, Biochemical, and Clinical Aspects of the Naturally Occurring Guanidino Compounds...
Forms of electroshock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | electroshocks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | electroshocks |
| present participle | electroshocking |
| past participle | electroshocked |
| past | electroshocked |
Origin of electroshock
From electro- + shock.
Words formed from electroshock
- electroshock gun
- electroshock therapy
Phrases with electroshock
Questions about electroshock
- What does electroshock mean?
- Electroshock means electric shock.
- What is electroshock in Tamil?
- Electroshock in Tamil is மின்னதிர்ப்பு. See Electroshock meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use electroshock in a sentence?
- Similarly, alkaline phosphatases no longer decrease after an electroshock if myocaine has previously been injected (Appel et al., 1957).
- What part of speech is electroshock?
- Electroshock can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of electroshock?
- The plural of electroshock is electroshocks.
Words near electroshock in the dictionary
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