elektrosokk-terápia

Hungarian

noun
Definitions
  • (medicine) electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy, shock therapy, Edison's medicine, ECT a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient

Etymology

Compound from Hungarian elektrosokk (electroshock) + Hungarian terápia (therapy).

Origin

Hungarian

terápia

Gloss

therapy

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