"ECT" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ECTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ECT (countable and uncountable, plural ECTs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of electroconvulsive therapy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: electroconvulsive therapy Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (Initialism of electroconvulsive therapy): ect [feminine] (Dutch), ΗΣΘ (ISTh) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-ECT-en-noun-RVdLY-6z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 91 9 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'Initialism of electroconvulsive therapy': 96 4
  2. (theology, uncountable) Initialism of endless/eternal/everlasting conscious torment (“traditional view of the nature of Hell”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: endless/eternal/everlasting conscious torment (extra: traditional view of the nature of Hell) Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-ECT-en-noun-WSlQGixS Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology

Inflected forms

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