shock therapy vs insulin shock therapy

insulin shock therapy vs shock therapy

shock therapy and insulin shock therapy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shock therapy	Yes	No	No	No
insulin shock therapy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, insulin shock therapy is a hyponym of shock therapy; that is, insulin shock therapy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shock therapy:

shock therapy: treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
insulin shock therapy: the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma

Other hyponyms of shock therapy include ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock, electroshock therapy, insulin shock, insulin shock treatment, metrazol shock, metrazol shock therapy, metrazol shock treatment.

shock therapy (noun)	insulin shock therapy (noun)
treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions	the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma

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