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shock treatment — shock .treatment also shock .therapy n [U] 1.) treatment of mental illness using powerful electric shocks 2.) the use of extreme methods to change a system or solve a problem as quickly as possible used especially in news reports ▪ the government … Dictionary of contemporary English
shock treatment — shock therapy UK / US or shock treatment UK / US noun [uncountable] 1) a medical treatment for mental illness in which doctors put electricity into someone s brain 2) informal an extreme method of any type, used for dealing with a difficult… … English dictionary
shock treatment — shock treatments N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Shock treatment is the same as shock therapy … English dictionary
shock treatment — n SHOCK THERAPY … Medical dictionary
shock treatment — noun treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions • Syn: ↑shock therapy • Hypernyms: ↑therapy • Hyponyms: ↑electroconvulsive therapy, ↑electroshock, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
shock treatment — /ˈʃɒk tritmənt/ (say shok treetmuhnt) noun 1. a method of treating certain mental disorders, as schizophrenia, by shocks induced either by drugs or by electroconvulsive therapy. 2. Colloquial any sudden or violent action as a brutal verbal… …
shock treatment — noun see shock therapy … New Collegiate Dictionary
insulin shock treatment — noun the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma • Syn: ↑insulin shock, ↑insulin shock therapy • Hypernyms: ↑shock therapy, ↑shock treatment … Useful english dictionary
metrazol shock treatment — noun the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma • Syn: ↑metrazol shock, ↑metrazol shock therapy • Hypernyms: ↑shock therapy, ↑shock treatment … Useful english dictionary
electric shock treatment — n ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY … Medical dictionary
Shock therapy — or shock treatment may refer to: A form of aversion therapy in which an electric shock is used as a negative stimulus Electroconvulsive therapy, or electroshock, a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anaesthetized… … Wikipedia
