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Shock may refer to:
Common uses[edit]
Collective noun[edit]
- Shock, a historic commercial term for a group of 60, see English numerals#Specialized numbers
- Stook, or shock of grain, stacked sheaves
Healthcare[edit]
- Shock (circulatory), circulatory 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
- Hemorrhagic shock, from a large volume of blood loss
- Neurogenic 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[edit]
- Shock (mechanics), a sudden acceleration or deceleration
- 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
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 (born 1963), American musician and rapper
People with the surname[edit]
- 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[edit]
Categories and genres[edit]
- Shock art
- Shock jock, deliberately offensive broadcaster
- Shock rock, a genera of rock music
- Shock site, deliberately offensive website
Films[edit]
- 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
Music[edit]
Groups and labels[edit]
- Shock (troupe), an English music/mime/dance group
- Shock Records, an Australian record label
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", 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
Other arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
- 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 (journal), a medical journal
- Shock (musical), a Japanese stage musical series
- 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]
- 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
- San Francisco Shock, a professional Overwatch League team
See also[edit]
- Schock (disambiguation)
- Shock therapy (disambiguation)
- Shocked (disambiguation)
- Shocker (disambiguation)
- Shocking (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Shock
- All pages with titles containing Shock
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