electroshock

[ih-lek-truh-shok]

e·lec·tro·shock

[ih-lek-truh-shok]
noun
2.
shock1 (def. 6).
verb (used with object)
3.
Psychiatry. to administer electroconvulsive therapy to.
4.
to pass an electric current through.

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to bark; yelp.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

Origin:
1940–45; electro- + shock1
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electroshock e·lec·tro·shock (ĭ-lěk'trō-shŏk')
n.
See electroconvulsive therapy. v. e·lec·tro·shocked, e·lec·tro·shock·ing, e·lec·tro·shocks
To administer electroconvulsive therapy to a person.

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