单词 | electroshock therapy |
释义 | electroshock therapy (once / 422119 pages) n WORD FAMILY electroshock therapy USAGE EXAMPLESIn her 20s, she was diagnosed as bipolar and treated with electroshock therapy and medication, which she wrote about in the memoir “Shockaholic.” Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Because of the stigma of mental illness, Mr. Eagleton deliberately withheld that he had endured three hospitalizations for depression and received electroshock therapy twice. New York Times(Oct 31, 2016) That is, until his three earlier hospitalizations for depression and electroshock therapy blew up into a major news story. Washington Post(Oct 03, 2016) n the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma Syn|Hyper ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) shock therapy, shock treatmenttreatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
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