elchock

Swedish

Etymology

el (“electricity”) +‎ chock (“shock”)

Noun

elchock c

1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) a current used in electroconvulsive therapy

Usage notes

• electric shock (by accident) is translated with stöt or elstöt. The word elchock only describes therapeutic use of electricity.

Declension

Declension of elchock
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	elchock	elchocken	elchocker	elchockerna
Genitive	elchocks	elchockens	elchockers	elchockernas

References

• elchock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• elchock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)