CONVULSIVE THERAPY

  

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CONVULSIVE THERAPY

Specialty Definition: CONVULSIVE THERAPY

DomainDefinition

Health

The use of convulsive agents to influence favorably the course of a mental disorder. It is used primarily in the treatment of severe affective disorders and schizophrenia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CONVULSIVE THERAPY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Psychobiology of Convulsive Therapy (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CONVULSIVE THERAPY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

electro convulsive therapy

23

convulsive therapy

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CONVULSIVE THERAPY

Language Translations for "CONVULSIVE THERAPY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

elektroshock (electric convulsive therapy, electric shock, electro-convulsive therapy), elektroconvulsietherapie (electric convulsive therapy, electro-convulsive therapy), ECT (electric convulsive therapy, electro-convulsive therapy, explicit call transfer). (various references)

   

German

  

Elektrisieren (electrify, electrize, galvanize). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onvulsivecay erapythay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CONVULSIVE THERAPY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-t-u-v-v-y"

-3 letters: conservatively.

-4 letters: inoperculates, lycanthropies, polyurethanes.

-5 letters: conservative, counterplays, counterpleas, countervails, housepainter, hyperactives, inoperculate, lycanthropes, neuroleptics, neuropathies, phylacteries, polyurethane, protensively, reinoculates, unhysterical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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