"shock therapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shock therapies [plural]
Etymology: From shock + therapy. The medical sense first appears c. 1917 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Etymology templates: {{com|en|shock|therapy}} shock + therapy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} shock therapy (usually uncountable, plural shock therapies)
  1. (medicine, pharmacology) The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Medicine, Pharmacology Hyponyms: insulin shock therapy
    Sense id: en-shock_therapy-en-noun-sAlrlgpc Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  2. (informal, economics) A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-shock_therapy-en-noun-mtIxSn2g Topics: economics, sciences
  3. Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: electroconvulsive therapy [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-shock_therapy-en-noun-P4aZSB5E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 31 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 31 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 31 61

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