shock therapy
English
editEtymology
editshock + therapy. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Noun
editshock therapy (usually uncountable, plural shock therapies)
- (medicine, pharmacology) The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.
- Hyponym: insulin shock therapy
- (informal, economics) A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.
- Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy