electroconvulsive therapy

== English == === Noun === electroconvulsive therapy (usually uncountable, plural electroconvulsive therapies) (medicine) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient, with the noted side effect of memory loss. ==== Synonyms ==== ECT, Edison's medicine, electroshock therapy, shock therapy ==== Coordinate terms ==== insulin shock therapy (an outdated therapy) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === electroconvulsive therapy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia