adjective
- having undergone or been subjected to electroshock treatment
Usage: medical/historical; typically used to describe a patient or condition
verb
- past tense and past participle of electroshock; subjected to electroconvulsive therapy or electric shock treatment
Usage: medical/historical; often used in passive voice
Examples
- The patient was electroshocked as part of the psychiatric treatment protocol.
- Electroshocked patients in mid-20th-century institutions sometimes experienced memory loss.
- The hospital records documented which patients had been electroshocked.
- He described the electroshocked inmates with clinical detachment.
- The electroshocked therapy was controversial even at the time.