单词 | electroshock therapy |
释义 | > as lemmaselectroshock therapy An electric shock, esp. one used in the treatment of mental illness; the therapeutic use of electric shocks. Also: the state of having been subjected to an electric shock. Frequently attributive, as electroshock therapy, electroshock treatment, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by electricity > [noun] electrotherapeutics1849 electrolysis1861 electrotherapy1861 faradization1867 faradism1876 faradaism1886 biotherapy1903 fulguration1907 fulgurating1909 electroshock1938 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > [noun] > electric shock shock1746 stroke1767 vibration1842 electroshock1938 1938 Index Medicus 25 462 (title) The first method of shocktherapy ‘Electroshock’. 1942 Science 15 May 512 We are now continuing our experiments and shall carry out similar ones with metrazol shock and electro-shock. 1955 Sci. News Let. 29 Jan. 73/1 Electroshock treatment of the mentally ill can be ‘softened’..by a new drug. 1964 G. P. Lewis in G. Pincus et al. Hormones IV. vii. 395 During electroshock or convulsions the 5HT of the brain increased. 1997 M. Collin & J. Godfrey Altered State v. 143 His eyes rolling and limbs pumping like a broken doll in electro-shock. 2004 Classic Rock Oct. 89/1 It's an album James Taylor might've made after undergoing electro-shock treatment and being forced to sing with a damp sock in his mouth. < as lemmas |
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