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電気痙攣療法 (denkikeirenryouhou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん気き痙けい攣れん療りょう法ほう

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Meanings

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electroconvulsive therapy; ECT

Medical term for a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced. Often abbreviated as ECT in English contexts.

重じゅう度どのうつ病びょうに対たいして、電でん気き痙けい攣れん療りょう法ほうが検けん

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Electroconvulsive therapy is sometimes considered for severe depression.

電でん気きけいれん療りょう法ほうは、現げん在ざいでは麻ま酔すい下かで行おこなわれる。

Electroconvulsive therapy is now performed under anesthesia.

Kanji

電electricity
気spirit, mind, air
療heal, cure
法method, law, rule
痙have a cramp
攣crooked, bent

Related words

ECT
English abbreviation commonly used in medical contexts; 電気痙攣療法 is the full Japanese term.

Built from

電でん気き+療りょう法ほう

Written forms

電でん気き痙けい攣れん療りょう法ほう
Standard kanji spelling for the full medical term.
電でん気きけいれん療りょう法ほう
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; 痙攣 is sometimes written in kana for readability.

Etymology

Compound of 電気 (electricity), 痙攣 (convulsion), and 療法 (therapy). A direct translation of the English medical term 'electroconvulsive therapy'.