shock therapy Hear it!

shock therapy Definition

shock therapy

noun

a method of treating certain mental disorders by applying electric current to the brain or, less often, by injecting drugs: it results in convulsion or coma

shock therapy Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • electric: Outpatient electric shock aversion therapy lasted for weeks or in some cases up to two years.

Browse dictionary entries near shock therapy

  1. ‹ shock probation
  2. ‹ shock jock
  3. ‹ shock absorber
  4. ‹ shock
  5. ‹ shoat
  6. ‹ shoal
  7. ‹ Shoah
  8. ‹ shnook
  9. ‹ shmuck
  10. ‹ shmooze
  1. shock troops ›
  2. shock wave ›
  3. shocked ›
  4. shocker ›
  5. shocking ›
  6. shocking pink ›
  7. Shockley ›
  8. Shockley,William Bradford ›
  9. shockproof ›
  10. shod ›