Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

electroconvulsive

Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛktrəʊkənˈvʌlsɪv/

Definition of electroconvulsive

adjective

  • relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain: a course of electroconvulsive therapy

electroconvulsive in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of electroconvulsive in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

synodic

/ sɪˈnɒdɪk /
adjective
relating to or involving the conjunction of celestial objects …