footshock

English

Etymology

From foot +‎ shock.

Noun

footshock (plural footshocks)

  1. (biology) A mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments

Verb

footshock (third-person singular simple present footshocks, present participle footshocking, simple past and past participle footshocked)

  1. To administer such a shock

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