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      [Noun]  | "electroshock therapy" 


      1: the treatment of mental illness and especially depression by the application of electric current to the head of a usually anesthetized patient that induces unconsciousness and convulsive seizures in the brain —called also electroconvulsive therapy


      Origin: 1942 ;

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       [ "electroshock therapy" ]

      1: Pleasurable stimulation of the brain with beneficial therapeutic effects, often enjoyed by those afflicted by otherwise intolerable mental illnesses.

        * e.g.,  ... Here in this fine institution for the hopelessly depressed, patients experience the pleasure of electroshock therapy. 

       [ "Nazi Electroshock Therapy" ]

      1: Otherwise known as NET; the act of converting a Nazi and/or Neo-Nazi into a respectable member of modern society.

        * e.g.,  ... Had to perform Nazi Electroshock Therapy on Klaus last night; he said some racy stuff about my Jewish banker Clyde. 

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