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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

Equivalents

Čeština elektrokonvulzivní terapie
Ελληνικά ηλεκτροθεραπεία ηλεκτροσπασμοθεραπεία
Español terapia electroconvulsiva
Suomi sähköhoito sähköshokkihoito sähköšokkihoito
Français électroconvulsivothérapie
Magyar elektrosokk-terápia
Italiano elettroshockterapia
Nederlands elektroconvulsietherapie elektroshock elektroshocktherapie
Polski elektrowstrząs terapia elektrowstrząsowa
Português terapia de choque terapia eletroconvulsiva
Русский электросудорожная терапи́я
Svenska elchock

Examples

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

CEFR level

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

electrocopolymerization electrocopy electrocorticoencephalography electrocorticogram electrocorticograph electrocorticography

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