insulin-coma therapy

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in′sə lin kō′mə, ins′yə-)


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in′su•lin-co•ma ther′apy  (in′sə lin kō′mə, ins′yə-),USA pronunciation [Psychiatry.]
    a former treatment for mental illness, esp. schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures. Also called in′su•lin-shock ther′apy  (in′sə lin shok′, ins′yə-).USA pronunciation 

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