electroshock

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim electric shock.

   “Supramaximal Electroshock Test (Mouse and Rat) After drug administration, each animal received an electroshock [...] through corneal electrodes to initiate a hindlimb tonic extension convulsion; anticonvulsant activity occurred when the above convulsion was blocked.”

2. isim Electroconvulsive therapy.

   “Although California has the toughest laws in the country regulating electroshock and requiring patient consent, due to the pressures from the medical lobby these have never been enforced. The procedure is extremely lucrative for the doctors who use it.”

3. fiil To administer electroconvulsive therapy.