insulin shock therapy

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   the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma

   Synonymsinsulin shockinsulin shock treatment

   Broadershock therapy

Questions about insulin shock therapy

What does insulin shock therapy mean?

insulin shock therapy means "the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma".

What is another word for insulin shock therapy?

Close synonyms include insulin shock, insulin shock treatment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is insulin shock therapy a common word?

insulin shock therapy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.