Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ect"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ect- \Ect-\, Ecto- \Ec"to-\ [Gr. ? outside.]
A combining form signifying without, outside, external.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ECT
n : the administration of a strong electric current that passes
through the brain to induce convulsions and coma [syn: {electroconvulsive
therapy}, {electroshock}, {electroshock therapy}, {ECT}]
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