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Shock therapy

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions wordnet
  3. 3
    A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country. informal, uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From shock + therapy. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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