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electronarcosis

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electronarcosis /elec·tro·nar·co·sis/ (e-lek?tro-nahr-ko´sis) treatment of psychiatric disorders by passage of an electric current through the brain, similar to electroconvulsive therapy in the tonic phase but inducing no or limited convulsions.
e·lec·tro·nar·co·sis (-lktr-när-kss)
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An insensitivity to pain induced for therapeutic purposes by the application of electric current to the body.
electronarcosis
narcosis produced by passage of an electric current through electrodes placed on the head.


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