Metrazol shock therapy
- noun
- /ˈmɛtrəzɒl ʃɒk ˈθɛrəpi/
- Archaic
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terapia de choque con Metrazol
- Doctors once used Metrazol shock therapy to treat schizophrenia before newer medications were developed.
Examples
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The history of psychiatry includes controversial treatments such as Metrazol shock therapy and lobotomy.
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Patients subjected to Metrazol shock therapy often experienced severe side effects from the induced convulsions.
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Doctors once used Metrazol shock therapy for severe depression.
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Many patients underwent Metrazol shock therapy in the 1950s.
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Doctors once used Metrazol shock therapy to treat certain mental disorders before newer medications became available.
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Patients who underwent Metrazol shock therapy often experienced dramatic convulsions as part of the treatment.
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In the mid-20th century, Metrazol shock therapy was considered a controversial approach to managing severe mental health issues.
Synonyms
A medical treatment that uses a drug to cause seizures and coma
A medical treatment from the past that gave injections to cause strong seizures to treat mental illness
How Dangerous
- Archaic
- Specialized
12
4.0
- Specialized
1
6.5
- Specialized
4
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from a drug name + 'shock' + 'therapy', so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it denotes a medical treatment using Metrazol that produces a strong physiological reaction. However, the precise clinical meaning (that Metrazol was given in doses to induce convulsions and coma as a psychiatric treatment) is specialized and the sense of 'shock' in 'shock therapy' is technical rather than fully predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Metrazol shock therapy was a medical treatment that used the drug Metrazol to make patients have violent shaking and a short coma. Doctors called this physical shock because they hoped the strong body reaction would help the mind, so the name simply describes using Metrazol to cause a 'shock'.