Meaning of electroconvulsive therapy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.

uncountable, usually

Čeština elektrokonvulzivní terapie

Ελληνικά ηλεκτροσπασμοθεραπεία

Español terapia electroconvulsiva

Suomi sähköshokkihoito

Français électroconvulsivothérapie

Italiano elettroshockterapia

Nederlands elektroconvulsietherapie elektroshock elektroshocktherapie

Polski terapia elektrowstrząsowa

Português terapia de choque terapia eletroconvulsiva

Русский электросудорожная терапи́я

Svenska elchock

“The therapeutic effects of low and high energy electroconvulsive therapies are quite different.”

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.