ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY

Meaning of ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY in English

[electroshock therapy] n (1942): the treatment of mental disorder and esp. depression by the induction of unconsciousness and convulsions through the use of an electric current now usu. on an anesthetized patient--called also electroconvulsive therapy

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ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY — noun Date: 1942 the treatment of mental disorder and especially depression by the application of electric current to the head …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY — - electroshock
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY — noun : the treatment of mental disorder by the induction of coma through use of an electric current
Webster's New International 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
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY — Function: noun Date: 1942 : the treatment of mental disorder and especially depression by the application of electric current to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY — / ɪˈlektrəʊʃɒk θerəpi; NAmE -troʊʃɑːk/ noun = electroconvulsive therapy
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THERAPY — terapie
English interlingue dictionary
THERAPY — noun (plural -pies) Etymology: New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein Date: circa 1846 therapeutic treatment especially of bodily, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELECTROSHOCK — noun Date: 1941 shock III,5, ~ therapy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THERAPY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) behaviour therapy gene therapy group therapy client centered therapy occupational therapy radiation therapy respiratory …
Английский словарь Британика
THERAPY — ˈtherəpē, -pi noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia attendance, medical treatment, from therapeuein to attend, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELECTROSHOCK — ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: electr- + shock 1. : shock III 5 2. : electroshock therapy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THERAPY — (n.) Therapeutics.
Английский словарь Webster
THERAPY — ( n. ) Therapeutics.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THERAPY — /ther"euh pee/ , n. , pl. therapies . 1. the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, …
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
THERAPY — n. treatment designed to cure a disease or disorder
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ELECTROSHOCK — n. therapy which uses electric shock as a treatment for serious mental illnesses
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THERAPY — noun ( plural -pies ) Etymology: New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein Date: circa 1846 : therapeutic treatment …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ELECTROSHOCK — noun Date: 1941 1. : shock III,5 2. : electroshock therapy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THERAPY — noun therapeutics.
Webster English vocab
THERAPY — ■ noun ( plural therapies ) treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. ↘the treatment of mental or psychological …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELECTROSHOCK — ■ adjective another term for electroconvulsive .
Concise Oxford English vocab
ELECTROSHOCK — [elec.tro.shock] n (1941) 1: [3]shock 5 2: electroshock therapy
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ELECTROSHOCK — electroshock BrE AmE i ˈlek trəʊ ʃɒk ə- AmE \ -troʊ ʃɑːk -trə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THERAPY — / ˈθerəpi; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U , C ] the treatment of a physical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THERAPY — ther ‧ a ‧ py /ˈθerəpi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural therapies ) [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Modern Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THERAPY — ( therapies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Therapy is the treatment …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THERAPY — (therapies) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Therapy is the treatment of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THERAPY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a therapy/counselling session (= when someone is given personal advice ) ▪ At one point …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THERAPY — [noun] [U] - treatment which helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., esp. after an illnessoccupational therapyspeech therapygroup therapyJoining a …
Cambridge English vocab
THERAPY — n. behaviour therapy gene therapy gene transfer therapy group therapy client centered therapy occupational therapy radiation therapy respiratory therapy shock …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THERAPY — Synonyms and related words : Medicaid, Medicare, X ray, aerospace medicine, aid, analysis, assistance, benefit, biomedicine, blood bank, charity ward, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THERAPY — Cigarette-smoking sessions that must be conducted in a designated place. Example: I drove by the office building and saw a …
Slang English vocab
THERAPY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alternative , complementary ▪ occupational , physical ( AmE ) ( physiotherapy in BrE ) ▪ drug …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THERAPY
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THERAPY — n. 1 remedy, treatment, remedial programme; cure As therapy, he suggested I swim a mile every day 2 psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THERAPY — See Conceptual therapy
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy ≈ музыкальная терапия recreational therapy ≈ лечение отдыхом electro-convulsive therapy electro-shock therapy group therapy inhalation …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THERAPY — therapy.ogg ʹθerəpı n 1> лечение, терапия X-ray therapy - лучевая терапия cancer therapy - терапия рака speech physical therapy - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ELECTROSHOCK — n мед. электрошок electroshock therapy - лечение электрошоком
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THERAPY — терапия microwave therapy apparatus — аппарат терапии УВЧ
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ELECTROSHOCK — мед. электрошок
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ELECTROSHOCK — (n) электрошок
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ELECTROSHOCK — n мед. электрошок ~ therapy - лечение электрошоком
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
THERAPY — n 1> лечение, терапия X-ray therapy - лучевая терапия cancer therapy - терапия рака speech physical therapy - логопедия физиотерапия …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ELECTROSHOCK — n мед. электрошок electroshock therapy - лечение электрошоком
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ELECTROSHOCK — n. электрошок
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ELECTROSHOCK — n. электрошок
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THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy — музыкальная терапия recreational therapy — лечение отдыхом - electro-convulsive therapy - electro-shock therapy - …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy — музыкальная терапия recreational therapy — лечение отдыхом - electro-convulsive therapy - electro-shock therapy - group therapy - inhalation therapy - occupational therapy - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ELECTROSHOCK — электрошок
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
ELECTROSHOCK — электрошок
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ELECTROSHOCK — - electroshock therapy электросудорожная терапия, электроконвульсивная терапия, электрошок
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
THERAPY — сущ. лечение, терапия music therapy ≈ музыкальная терапия recreational therapy ≈ лечение отдыхом electro-convulsive therapy electro-shock therapy group therapy inhalation …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY — noun Date: 1948 electroshock therapy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ELECTROCONVULSIVE — adjective Date: 1947 of, relating to, or involving convulsive response to electroshock
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
PLATH, SYLVIA — born Oct. 27, 1932, Boston, Mass., U.S. died Feb. 11, 1963, London, Eng. U.S. poet. The daughter of an entomologist, …
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LAING, R(ONALD) D(AVID) — born Oct. 7, 1927, Glasgow, Scot. died Aug. 23, 1989, St. Tropez, France Scottish psychiatrist. In his widely read and …
Английский словарь Британика
SHOCK — I. ˈshäk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch schoc, schocke heap, pile, group of sixty, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLISSANDO — I. glə̇ˈsän(ˌ)dō, glēˈ- noun Etymology: probably modification (influenced by Italian -ando as in accelerando ) of French glissade, n. 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
PSYCHOTROPIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN drug ▪ This does not mean that psychotropic drugs have no role in the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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