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insulin shock therapy

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in⋅su⋅lin-co⋅ma ther⋅apy

[in-suh-lin-koh-muh, ins-yuh-]
–noun Psychiatry.
a former treatment for mental illness, esp. schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
Also called in⋅su⋅lin-shock ther⋅apy [in-suh-lin-shok, ins-yuh-] .
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Main Entry: insulin shock therapy
Function: noun
: the treatment of mental disorder (as schizophrenia) by insulin in doses sufficient to produce deep coma called alsoinsulin coma therapy; —compare INSULIN SHOCK
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