ELECTROSHOCK


Meaning of ELECTROSHOCK in English

/i lek"treuh shok'/ , n.

1. See electroconvulsive therapy .

2. shock 1 (def. 6).

v.t.

3. Psychiatry. to administer electroconvulsive therapy to.

4. to pass an electric current through.

[ 1940-45; ELECTRO- + SHOCK 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .