ALL meanings of electroconvulsive therapy
- abbreviation ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY electroshock therapy 0
- noun electroconvulsive therapy (medicine) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient. 0
- noun electroconvulsive therapy the treatment of certain psychotic conditions by passing an electric current through the brain to induce coma or convulsions 0