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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electroshock therapy [ɪˌlektrəʊʃɒkˈθerəpɪ] N → electroterapia f

electroshock therapy

n → Elektroschocktherapie or -behandlung f

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