ELECTROCONVULSIVE

Meaning of ELECTROCONVULSIVE in English

adj.

Pronunciation: i- ˌ lek-tr ō -k ə n- ' v ə l-siv

Function: adjective

Date: 1947

: of, relating to, or involving convulsive response to electroshock < electroconvulsive shocks>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ELECTROCONVULSIVE — adjective Date: 1947 of, relating to, or involving convulsive response to electroshock
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — “+ adjective Etymology: electr- + convulsive : of, relating to, or involving convulsive response to electroshock
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — adjective Date: 1947 : of, relating to, or involving convulsive response to electroshock electroconvulsive shocks
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — ■ adjective relating to or denoting the treatment of mental illness by applying electric shocks to the brain.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — [elec.tro.con.vul.sive] adj (1947): of, relating to, or involving convulsive response to electroshock "~ shocks"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — electroconvulsive BrE AmE iˌlek trəʊ kən ˈvʌls ɪv ə- AmE \ -ˌ•troʊ- ▶ e ˌ lectrocon ˌ vulsive ˈ therapy …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — adj. (of a therapy) employing the use of the convulsive response to the application of electric shocks.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — adj. (of a therapy) employing the use of the convulsive response to the application of electric shocks.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — adj. (of a therapy) employing the use of the convulsive response to the application of electric shocks.
Oxford English vocab
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — therapy, abbreviation ECT, US also electroshock therapy [noun] [U] medical - the treatment of particular mental illnesses which involves sending …
Cambridge English vocab
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — электрошоковый
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — a электрошоковый
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — (a) электрошоковый
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — a электрошоковый
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — a электрошоковый
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — электросудорожный
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — электрошоковый
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY — noun Date: 1948 electroshock therapy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK — noun see electroconvulsive therapy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY — noun or electroconvulsive shock : electroshock therapy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY — /i lek"troh keuhn vul"siv, i lek'-/ , Psychiatry. a treatment for serious mental illnesses, as severe depressive disorders, involving the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY — Date: 1948 : electroshock therapy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY — [electroconvulsive therapy] n (1948): electroshock therapy
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ECT — abbreviation electroconvulsive therapy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHOCK THERAPY — Method of treating psychiatric disorders by inducing shock through drugs or electric current. Shock was formerly induced by administering increasingly …
Английский словарь Британика
ECT — abbreviation electroconvulsive therapy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOCK THERAPY — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELECTROSHOCK — /i lek"treuh shok'/ , n. 1. See electroconvulsive therapy . 2. shock 1 (def. 6). v.t. 3. Psychiatry. to administer …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ECT — electroconvulsive therapy.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY — Date: 1942 : the treatment of mental disorder and especially depression by the application of electric current to the head …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOCK THERAPY — also called Electroshock Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, or Ect, method of treating certain psychiatric disorders through the use of drugs or …
Britannica English vocabulary
HEAVILY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES actively/deeply/heavily involved (= involved very much ) ▪ Mrs. Cummings has been actively involved with …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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