Look up: shock

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   Shock
   Any unforeseen or unanticipated event or occurrence that impinges on the normal working of an economic system.
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   Shock
   A physical state often caused by severe injury, and characterized by depressed physical response (blood pressure, heart rate, etc.).
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   shock
   [n] - (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells 2. [n] - a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry 3. [n] - a bushy thick mass (especially hair) 4. [n] - an instance of agitation of the earth`s crust 5. [n] - an unpleasant or disappointing surprise 6. [n] - the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat 7. [v] - strike with disgust or revulsion 8. [v] - surprise greatly 9. [v] - strike with horror or terror 10. [v] - collide violently 11. [v] - collect or gather into shocks 12. [v] - subject to electrical shocks
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   shock
   Severe injury, blood loss, or disease can cause the blood flow to the body's tissue to be reduced, and a person may then go into shock. The state is characterised by clammy, cold skin, a weak pulse, and very low blood pressure.
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   Shock
   A state of reduced tissue perfusion, usually due to a fall in blood pressure secondary to hypovolaemia, overwhelming sepsis (gram negative shock, or “red� shock), or allergic anaphylaxis
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   Shock
   Swimming pool chemistry: As a noun it loosely describes the products used in shocking, such as hypochlorites, potassium permonysulfate or hydrogen peroxide. As a verb it describes the act of bringing the sanitizer level up so high that breakpoint chlorination is reached. When breakpoint is reached, a 'shock' or perhaps a 'lightning bolt' is a better analogy, is sent through the water, tearing apart molecules and slashing through cell walls. Ultimate purification, man.
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   Shock
   a reduced flow of blood throughout the body, usually caused by severe bleeding or a weak heart; without treatment, can lead to a collapse, coma, and death
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   Shock
   Shock is a short-term state of body weakness that usually happens after an accident of injury, caused when there is an insufficient supply of oxygen to the body.
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   Shock
   A condition, where the blood pressure falls so low that the blood supply to vital organs is threatened. Shock can be caused by severe injury with loss of blood, heart attack, severe allergic reaction and some infections.
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    Shock
    Our Shock Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Shock Shock: In medicine, shock is a critical condition brought on by a sudden drop in blood flow through the body. There is failure of the circulatory system to maintain adequate blood flow. This sharply curtails the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to vital org ...
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    shock
    the general bodily disturbance following a severe injury; an emotional or moral upset occasioned by some disturbing or unexpected experience; disruption of the circulation, which can upset all body functions: sometimes referred to as circulatory shock. It occurs when blood pressure is inadequate to force blood through the vital tissues; severe physical and mental disturbance of the body`s physiolo...
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    shock
    Condition associated with circulatory collapse - a result either of blood loss, bacteraemia, an anaphylactic reaction, or emotional stress.
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    Shock
    Shock noun [ Middle English schokke ; confer OD schocke , German schock a heap, quantity, threescore, Middle High German schoc , Swedish skok , and also German hocke a heap of hay, Lithuanian kugis .] 1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixte ...
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    Shock
    Shock transitive verb To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
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    Shock
    Shock intransitive verb To be occupied with making shocks. « Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn, Bind fast, shock apace.» Tusser.
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    Shock
    Shock noun [ Confer Dutch schok a bounce, jolt, or leap, Old High German scoc a swing, Middle High German schoc , Icelandic skykkjun tremuously, French choc a shock, collision, a dashing or striking against, Spanish choque , Italian ciocco a log. √161. Confer Shock to shake.] 1. A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a b ...
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    Shock
    Shock transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shocked ; present participle & verbal noun Shocking .] [ Middle English schokken ; confer Dutch schokken , French choquer , Spanish chocar . √161. Confer Chuck to strike, Jog , Shake , Shock a striking, Shog , ...
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    Shock
    Shock intransitive verb To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. 'They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.' De Quincey.
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    Shock
    Shock noun [ Confer Shag .] 1. (Zoology) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog . 2. A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
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    Shock
    Shock adjective Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair. « His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside.» Sir W. Scott.
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    Shock
    Shock transitive verb (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.
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    shock
    1. <psychiatry> A sudden disturbance of mental equilibrium. ... 2. <cardiology> A condition of profound haemodynamic and metabolic disturbance characterised by failure of the circulatory system to maintain adequate perfusion of vital organs, it may result from inadequate blood volume (hypovolaemic shock), inadequate cardiac function (car ...
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    shock
    seismic disturbance noun an instance of agitation of the earth`s crust; `the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch`
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    shock
    noun a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; `corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks`; `whole fields of wheat in shock`
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    shock
    noun (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; `loss of blood is an important cause of shock`
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