electronarcosis

electronarcosis
Production of insensibility to pain by the use of electrical current.

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elec·tro·nar·co·sis i-.lek-trō-när-'kō-səs n, pl -co·ses -.sēz unconsciousness induced by passing a weak electric current through the brain and used in treating certain mental disorders

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n.
the induction of sleep by passing weak electrical currents through the brain. It is seldom used in Western psychiatry.

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elec·tro·nar·co·sis (e-lek″tro-nahr-koґsis) application of an electric current to the brain to alter the level of consciousness, without inducing convulsions; formerly used in the treatment of schizophrenia, but found to be both less effective and more likely to cause side effects than electroconvulsive therapy.

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