insulin-coma therapy
[ in-suh-lin-koh-muh, ins-yuh- ]
nounPsychiatry.
a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
- Also called in·su·lin-shock ther·apy [in-suh-lin-shok, ins-yuh-]. /ˈɪn sə lɪnˌʃɒk, ˈɪns yə-/.
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