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shock therapy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables
shock- ther-a-py
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.

Uncountable

noun

A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

shock therapies (plural)

Synonyms

electroconvulsive therapy shock treatment

Questions

What does shock therapy mean?
The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.
Where does shock therapy come from?
From shock + therapy. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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