Shock

Shock may refer to:

Common uses

Healthcare

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
- 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

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

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

Collective noun

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

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 (1963–2021), American musician and rapper

People with the surname

Shock (surname)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Categories and genres

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

Films

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

Groups and labels

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

Artists

Culture Shock (musician), British producer and DJ
Minotaur Shock, British electronica musician
ShockOne, Australian producer and DJ
Stefie Shock, Canadian singer-songwriter

Albums

Shock (The Motels album), 1985
Shock (Tesla album), 2019

Songs

"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

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 (character), 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 comic book superhero
"Shock" (The Gentle Touch), a television episode

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

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

Shock

Common uses

Healthcare

Physical sciences

Social sciences

Collective noun

Places

People

People with the given name or nickname

People with the surname

Arts, entertainment, and media

Categories and genres

Films

Music

Groups and labels

Artists

Albums

Songs

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Military

Sports and teams

See also

関連するトピック

Acute stress reaction

Shell shock

Circulatory shock

Cardiogenic shock