electroshock therapy

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Noun electroshock therapy has 1 sense

electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock, electroshock therapy, ECT - the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
--₁ is a kind of shock therapy, shock treatment