electroconvulsive therapy
электросудорожная терапия
A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current…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.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)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.
электросудорожная терапи́яelektrosudorožnaja terapíja
the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
biomedical therapy using electrical current:
Forms
plural: electroconvulsive therapies| Singular | electroconvulsive therapy |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma:electroshockelectroshock therapyECT
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable