Associations to the word «Electroconvulsive»

Wiktionary

ELECTROCONVULSIVE, adjective. (medicine) Causing seizures or convulsions by means of strong electrical shocks.
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPIES, noun. Plural of electroconvulsive therapy
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY, noun. (medicine) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.

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