Meaning
electroshock
- electroconvulsive therapy used in psychiatry
- an electric shock administered for therapeutic purposes
In a sentence
La storia dell'elettroshock in psichiatria è stata a lungo controversa.
The history of electroshock in psychiatry has long been controversial.
In passato l'elettroshock veniva praticato senza anestesia moderna.
In the past, electroshock was administered without modern anaesthesia.
Gli specialisti discutono ancora sull'efficacia clinica dell'elettroshock.
Specialists are still debating the clinical efficacy of electroshock.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| elettroshock | masculine · singular |
| elettroshock | masculine · plural |
| elettroshock | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- An invariable loanword in Italian; the plural form is identical to the singular.