Term: electroconvulsive therapy: the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
Candidate hypernym: shock therapy: treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions → 1
Candidate hypernym: salami: highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried → 0
Candidate hypernym: acuminate leaf: a leaf narrowing to a slender point → 0
Candidate hypernym: thought: the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual → 0
Candidate hypernym: favism: anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency → 0
Candidate hypernym: pike-perch: any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family → 0
Candidate hypernym: pipeful: the quantity of tobacco that can be smoked in a pipe at one time → 0
Candidate hypernym: soup ladle: a ladle for serving soup → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyposmia: lessened sensitivity to odors → 0
Candidate hypernym: silks: the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable → 0
Candidate hypernym: california laurel: Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood → 0