electric shock treatment

n. 1. (also electroconvulsive therapy or ECT), n. 1. a form of persuasion employed by psychiatrists to help the individual adjust his view of reality. See Inquisition, torture. 2. a technique originally used for slaughtering hogs adapted with excellent therapeutic results to human beings.





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