elchock
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]el (“electricity”) + chock (“shock”)
Noun
[edit]elchock c
- (countable, chiefly in the plural) a current used in electroconvulsive therapy
Usage notes
[edit]- electric shock (by accident) is translated with stöt or elstöt. The word elchock only describes therapeutic use of electricity.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | elchock | elchocks |
| definite | elchocken | elchockens | |
| plural | indefinite | elchocker | elchockers |
| definite | elchockerna | elchockernas |