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SHOCK TREATMENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does shock treatment mean?

• SHOCK TREATMENT (noun)
The noun SHOCK TREATMENT has 1 sense:

1. treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions

Familiarity information: SHOCK TREATMENT used as a noun is very rare.

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• SHOCK TREATMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

shock therapy; shock treatment

Hypernyms ("shock treatment" is a kind of...):

therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shock treatment"):

ECT; electroconvulsive therapy; electroshock; electroshock therapy (the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma)

insulin shock; insulin shock therapy; insulin shock treatment (the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma)

metrazol shock; metrazol shock therapy; metrazol shock treatment (the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma)

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