Shock
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Shock may refer to:
Common uses
[edit]Healthcare
[edit]- Acute stress reaction, also known as psychological or mental shock
- Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma
- Circulatory shock, a medical emergency
- Cardiogenic shock, resulting from dysfunction of the heart
- Distributive shock, resulting from an abnormal distribution of blood flow
- Septic shock, a result of severe infection
- Toxic shock syndrome, a specific type of severe infection
- Anaphylactic shock, a result of severe allergic reaction
- Neurogenic shock, due to a high spinal cord injury disrupting the sympathetic nervous system
- Septic shock, a result of severe infection
- Hypovolemic shock, resulting from an insufficient blood volume
- Hemorrhagic shock, from a large volume lost to bleeding
- Obstructive shock, resulting from mechanical obstruction of blood flow
- Cold shock response of organisms to sudden cold, especially cold water
- Electric shock
- Defibrillation, electric shock to restore heart rhythm
- Electroconvulsive therapy or shock treatment, psychiatric treatment
- Hydrostatic shock, from ballistic impact
- Insulin shock or diabetic hypoglycemia, from too much insulin
- Insulin shock therapy, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy
- Osmotic shock, caused by solute concentration around a cell
Physical sciences
[edit]- Shock (mechanics), a sudden acceleration or deceleration
- Shock (fluid dynamics), an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field
- Bow shock, in planetary science and astronomy
- Electric shock
- Shock chlorination of water to reduce bacteria and algae
- Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics)
- Thermal shock
Social sciences
[edit]- Shock (economics), an unpredicted event that affects an economy
- Culture shock, in social psychology
- Shock value, in popular psychology
Collective noun
[edit]- Shock, a historic commercial term for a group of 60, see English numerals#Special names
- Stook, or shock of grain, stacked sheaves
Places
[edit]- Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community
People
[edit]People with the given name or nickname
[edit]- Shock or Harry Del Rios (born 1973), American professional wrestler
- Shock G or Gregory E. Jacobs (1963–2021), American musician and rapper
People with the surname
[edit]- Everett Shock, American geochemist
- Maurice Shock (1926–2018), British educator
- Molly Shock, American film editor
- Ron Shock (1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller
- Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician
- Susy Shock (born 1968), Argentine actress, writer, and singer
- Viki Shock (born 1975), Czech writer and artist
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Categories and genres
[edit]- Shock art
- Shock jock, deliberately offensive broadcaster
- Shock rock, a genre of rock music
- Shock site, deliberately offensive website
Films
[edit]- The Shock (film), a 1923 silent film
- Shock (1934 film), starring Ralph Forbes
- Shock (1946 film), starring Vincent Price
- Shock (1977 film), an Italian film
- Shock (2004 film), a Tamil film starring Prashanth Thyagarajan
- Shock (2006 film), a Telugu film
Music
[edit]Groups and labels
[edit]- Shock (troupe), an English music/mime/dance group
- Shock Records, an Australian record label
Artists
[edit]- Culture Shock (musician), British producer and DJ
- Minotaur Shock, British electronica musician
- ShockOne, Australian producer and DJ
- Stefie Shock, Canadian singer-songwriter
Albums
[edit]- Shock (The Motels album), 1985
- Shock (Tesla album), 2019
Songs
[edit]- "Shock" (Beast song), a 2010 song by South Korean boy band Beast
- "Shock" (Fear Factory song), a 1998 song by Fear Factory
- "Shock" (The Motels song), 1985
- "Shock", a 1987 song by The Psychedelic Furs from Midnight to Midnight
- "Shock!", a 2022 song by Sakanaction from Adapt
- "Shock!", a 2010 song by the Japanese band Cute
- "Shock (Unmei)", a 2009 song by Meisa Kuroki
Other arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Elektra Shock, New Zealand drag performer
- Shock: Social Science Fiction, role-playing game
- Shock Theater, a 1950s and 1960s American television film series
- Shock (novel), a 2001 novel by Robin Cook
- Shock (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Shock (journal), a medical journal
- Shock (musical), a Japanese stage musical series
- The Shock (TV program), an Arabic-language hidden-camera show
- Shock Gibson, a fictional comic book superhero
Military
[edit]- Shock and awe, display of force to destroy an opponent's will to fight
- Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic
- Shock troops, who apply shock tactics
Sports and teams
[edit]- San Francisco Shock, a professional Overwatch League team
- Shock Linwood, American college running back
- Spokane Shock, an arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, US
- Tulsa Shock, a WNBA professional women's basketball team
- Detroit Shock, previous name of Tulsa Shock