1. a medical treatment in which electric current is passed through the brain to treat severe mental illness
Usage: medical
2. an electric shock or the effect of electric current on the body

1. relating to or involving the use of electric shock

Examples

• The patient received electroshock therapy for severe depression.
• Electroshock treatment was more common in the 1950s.
• The device delivered a mild electroshock to the subject.
• He experienced an accidental electroshock from the faulty wire.
• The electroshock device was used in the psychology experiment.
• Electroshock methods have become more refined over the decades.
• The documentary explored the history of electroshock procedures.