单词 | photoshock |
释义 | > as lemmasphotoshock photoshock n. Brit. /ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)ʃɒk/ , U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌʃɑk/ [in sense (a) after French photo-choc (P. Cossa & H. Gastaut 1949, in Ann. médico-psychol. 107 187)] (a) a flash or series of flashes of light used as part of shock therapy (now rare); (b) Zoology a negative response to light on the part of a phototactic organism.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > shock treatments shock therapy1917 insulin treatment1938 photoshock1953 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 109 744/1 Although the method for producing convulsions (photoshock) presented here may be considered similar to that of Metrazol shock, it is our impression that this modified procedure has several possible advantages. 1955 Sci. News Let. 21 May 325/1 Instead of electric current, a flashing light is used for ‘photo-shock’ treatment. 1993 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 120 733 A new mutant strain of Chlamydomonas..has been identified which is defective in phototaxis. This strain swims with a rate and straightness of path comparable with that of wild-type cells, and retains the photoshock response. 2001 D. Bray Cell Movements (ed. 2) iii. 38 The photoshock response is produced by a stronger stimulus than that sufficient to elicit phototaxis. < as lemmas |
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