narcotherapy

[ nahr-koh-ther-uh-pee ]

nounPsychiatry.
  1. an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.

Origin of narcotherapy

1
First recorded in 1965–70; narco- + therapy

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