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electroshock therapy (medicine) and monkey-paw (medicine)


electroshock therapy (medicine)


electroshock therapy


A form of treatment of mental disorders in which convulsions are produced by the passage of an electric current through the brain.

Synonym: convulsive therapy, electroconvulsive therapy.


monkey-paw (medicine)


monkey-paw -->
ape hand


A deformity marked by extension of the thumb in the same plane as the palm and fingers.

Synonym: monkey hand, monkey-paw.