shock therapy (English, noun)
expansion: shock therapy (usually uncountable, plural shock therapies)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine.
tags: uncountable
usually
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A government policy of a sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.
tags: informal
uncountable
usually
glosses: Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy.
tags: uncountable
usually
Forms:
form: shock therapies
tags: plural