elchock

Swedish

Etymology

el (“electricity”) +‎ chock (“shock”)

Noun

elchock c

  1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) a current used in electroconvulsive therapy

Usage notes

  • electric shock (by accident) is translated with stöt or elstöt. The word elchock only describes therapeutic use of electricity.

Declension

Declension of elchock
nominative genitive
singular indefinite elchock elchocks
definite elchocken elchockens
plural indefinite elchocker elchockers
definite elchockerna elchockernas

References

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