Associations to the word «Electroshock»

Wiktionary

ELECTROSHOCK, noun. (medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.
ELECTROSHOCK, verb. (medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.
ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY, noun. Alternative term for electroconvulsive therapy.

Dictionary definition

ELECTROSHOCK, noun. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats