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ECT
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electroconvulsive therapy
ECT electroconvulsive therapy: the treatment of depression and some other mental disorders by passing a current of electricity through the brain, producing a convulsion
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Noun1.ECTECT - the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock, electroshock therapy
electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism - the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)
shock therapy, shock treatment - treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions


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