electroconvulsive therapy
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electroconvulsive therapy
noun electroconvulsive therapies
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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.
Similar: ECT, Edison's medicine, electroshock therapy, shock therapy
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noun biomedical therapy using electrical current
| Español | terapia electroconvulsiva |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 電痙攣療法 /电痉挛疗法 diànjìngluán liáofǎ, 電休克療法 /电休克疗法 diànxiūkè liáofǎ, 電抽搐治療 /电抽搐治疗 diànchōuchù zhìliáo, 電驚厥療法 /电惊厥疗法 diànjīngjué liáofǎ |
| Português | terapia eletroconvulsiva, terapia de choque |
| Français | électroconvulsivothérapie |
| Italiano | elettroshockterapia |
| Ελληνικά | ηλεκτροσπασμοθεραπεία ilektrospasmotherapeía |
| Română | terapie electroconvulsivă, terapie-electroșoc |
| Русский | электросудорожная терапи́я elektrosudorožnaja terapíja |
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title = {electroconvulsive therapy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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