Shock

Shock may refer to:

Main uses

Collective noun

• Shock, a historic commercial term for a group of 60, see English numerals#Specialized numbers
• Stook or shock of grain, stacked sheaves

Social sciences

• Shock (economics), an unpredicted event that affects an economy
• Culture shock, in social psychology
• Shock value, in popular psychology

Medicine

In medicine, shock may refer to any of the following:

• Shock (circulatory), circulatory medical emergency
  • Cardiogenic shock, resulting from dysfunction of the heart
  • Hemorrhagic shock, from a large volume of blood loss
  • 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
  • Spinal shock, due to a high spinal cord injury disrupting the sympathetic nervous system
• 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
• Psychological shock or acute stress reaction, to terrifying events
• Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma

Physical sciences

• Shock (mechanics), a sudden acceleration or deceleration
  • Shock absorber
  • Shock mount
  • Shock wave
    • Oblique shock
• Bow shock, in planetary science and astronomy
• Electric shock
• Shock chlorination of water to reduce bacteria and algae
• Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics)
• Thermal shock

Places

• Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

People

People with the given name or nickname

• Shock or Harry Del Rios (born 1973), American professional wrestler
• Shock G or Gregory E. Jacobs (born 1963), American musician and rapper
• Shock White, 18th century English cricketer

People with the surname

• Maurice Shock (born 1936), British educator
• Ron Shock (1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller
• Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician
• Susy Shock (born 1968), Argentine actress, writer, and singer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Categories and genres

• Shock art
• Shock jock, deliberately offensive broadcaster
• Shock rock, a genera of rock music
• Shock site, deliberately offensive website

Films

• 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
• The Shock (1923 film), a silent film

Literature

• Shock (novel), a 2001 novel by Robin Cook
• Future Shock, 1970 book by Alvin Toffler
• System Shock (Doctor Who), a 1995 Doctor Who novel
• The Shock Doctrine, a 2007 book by Naomi Klein

Games

• Shock: Social Science Fiction, role-playing game
• System Shock, a computer/video game

Music

Groups and labels

• Shock (troupe), an English music/mime/dance group
• Shock Records, an Australian record label

Albums

• Shock (album), a 1985 album by The Motels

Songs

• "Shock" (Beast song), a 2010 song by South Korean boy band Beast
• "Shock" (Fear Factory song), a 1998 song by Fear Factory
• "Shock", a 1987 song by The Psychedelic Furs from Midnight to Midnight
• "Shock!", a 2010 song by the Japanese band Cute
• "Shock: Unmei", a 2009 song by Meisa Kuroki

Television

• Static Shock, a 2000 American animated television series
• Shock Theater, a 1950s and 1960s American television film series

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Shock (journal), a medical journal
• Shock (musical), a Japanese stage musical series
• Shock Gibson, a fictional comic book superhero

Military

• 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

• 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
• Wichita State Shockers, the nickname of Wichita State University

See also

• Schock (disambiguation)
• Shock therapy (disambiguation)
• Shocked (disambiguation)
• Shocker (disambiguation)
• Shocking (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Shock
• All pages with titles containing Shock