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Definition of "electroshock" [electroshock]

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "electroshock" in a sentence
  • "To begin, one needs to ask what psychiatrists actually mean when they call electroshock effective."
  • "The Times obit states he even tried electroshock, which is just heartbreaking."
  • "It's best known as electroshock therapy, electrically shocking the brain to produce a seizure, a procedure many only know from its portrayal by Jack Nicholson in the movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.""