Shock may refer to:

Common uses

Collective noun

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

Healthcare

Shock (circulatory) Shock is the state of insufficient blood flow to the tissues of the body as a result of problems with the circulatory system. Initial symptoms of shock may include weakness, fast heart rate, fast breathing, sweating, anxiety, and increased t ...

, circulatory medical emergency ** Cardiogenic shock, resulting from dysfunction of the heart **

Distributive shock Distributive shock is a medical condition in which abnormal distribution of blood flow in the smallest blood vessels results in inadequate supply of blood to the body's tissues and organs. It is one of four categories of shock, a condition wher ...

, resulting from an abnormal distribution of blood flow *** Septic shock, a result of severe infection ***

Toxic shock syndrome Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by bacterial toxins. Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. There may also be symptoms related to the specific underlying infection such as mastitis, osteomyeli ...

, a specific type of severe infection *** Anaphylactic shock **

Hemorrhagic shock Hypovolemic shock is a form of shock caused by severe hypovolemia (insufficient blood volume or extracellular fluid in the body). It could be the result of severe dehydration through a variety of mechanisms or blood loss. Hypovolemic shock is a m ...

, from a large volume of blood loss **

Neurogenic shock Neurogenic shock is a distributive type of shock resulting in hypotension (low blood pressure), often with bradycardia (slowed heart rate), caused by disruption of autonomic nervous system pathways. It can occur after damage to the central nerv ...

, due to a high spinal cord injury disrupting the sympathetic nervous system *

Cold shock response Cold shock response is a series of neurogenic cardio-respiratory responses caused by sudden immersion in cold water. In cold water immersions, such as by falling through thin ice, cold shock response is perhaps the most common cause of death. Als ...

of organisms to sudden cold, especially cold water * Electric shock ** Defibrillation, electric shock to restore heart rhythm **

Electroconvulsive therapy Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a psychiatric treatment where a generalized seizure (without muscular convulsions) is electrically induced to manage refractory mental disorders.Rudorfer, MV, Henry, ME, Sackeim, HA (2003)"Electroconvulsive th ...

or shock treatment, psychiatric treatment *

Hydrostatic shock Hydrostatic shock is the controversial concept that a penetrating projectile (such as a bullet) can produce a pressure wave that causes "remote neural damage", "subtle damage in neural tissues" and/or "rapid incapacitating effects" in living ta ...

, from ballistic impact * Insulin shock or

diabetic hypoglycemia Diabetic hypoglycemia is a low blood glucose level occurring in a person with diabetes mellitus. It is one of the most common types of hypoglycemia seen in emergency departments and hospitals. According to the National Electronic Injury Survei ...

, from too much insulin **

Insulin shock therapy Insulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily comas over several weeks.Neustatter WL (1948) ''Modern psychiatry ...

, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy *

Osmotic shock Osmotic shock or osmotic stress is physiologic dysfunction caused by a sudden change in the solute concentration around a cell, which causes a rapid change in the movement of water across its cell membrane. Under hypertonic conditions - conditions ...

, caused by solute concentration around a cell * Psychological shock or acute stress reaction, to terrifying events **

Shell shock Shell shock is a term coined in World War I by the British psychologist Charles Samuel Myers to describe the type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) many soldiers were afflicted with during the war (before PTSD was termed). It is a react ...

, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma

Physical sciences

Shock (mechanics) A mechanical or physical shock is a sudden acceleration caused, for example, by impact, drop, kick, earthquake, or explosion. Shock is a transient physical excitation. Shock describes matter subject to extreme rates of force with respect to tim ...

, a sudden acceleration or deceleration ** Shock absorber **

Shock mount A shock mount or isolation mount is a mechanical fastener that connects two parts elastically. They are used for shock and vibration isolation. Isolation mounts allow a piece of equipment to be securely mounted to a foundation and/or frame and, a ...

Shock wave In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium. Like an ordinary wave, a shock wave carries energy and can propagate through a me ...

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Oblique shock An oblique shock wave is a shock wave that, unlike a normal shock, is inclined with respect to the incident upstream flow direction. It will occur when a supersonic flow encounters a corner that effectively turns the flow into itself and comp ...

Shock (fluid dynamics) Shock is an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field and it occurs in flows when the local flow speed exceeds the local sound speed. More specifically, it is a flow whose Mach number exceeds 1. Explanation of phenomena Shock is formed due to coal ...

, an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field *

Bow shock In astrophysics, a bow shock occurs when the magnetosphere of an astrophysical object interacts with the nearby flowing ambient plasma such as the solar wind. For Earth and other magnetized planets, it is the boundary at which the speed of th ...

, in planetary science and astronomy * Electric shock *

Shock chlorination Shock chlorination is a process used in many swimming pools, water wells, springs, and other water sources to reduce the bacterial and algal residue in the water. Shock chlorination is performed by mixing a large amount of sodium hypochlorite, wh ...

of water to reduce bacteria and algae *

Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics) In magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), shocks and discontinuities are transition layers where properties of a plasma change from one equilibrium state to another. The relation between the plasma properties on both sides of a shock or a discontinuity can b ...

Thermal shock Thermal shock is a type of rapidly transient mechanical load. By definition, it is a mechanical load caused by a rapid change of temperature of a certain point. It can be also extended to the case of a thermal gradient, which makes different pa ...

Social sciences

Shock (economics) In economics, a shock is an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy, either positively or negatively. Technically, it is an unpredictable change in exogenous factors—that is, factors unexplained by an economic model—which may ...

, an unpredicted event that affects an economy **

Demand shock In economics, a demand shock is a sudden event that increases or decreases demand for goods or services temporarily. A positive demand shock increases aggregate demand (AD) and a negative demand shock decreases aggregate demand. Prices of goods ...

Supply shock A supply shock is an event that suddenly increases or decreases the supply of a commodity or service, or of commodities and services in general. This sudden change affects the equilibrium price of the good or service or the economy's general pr ...

Culture shock Culture shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one's own; it is also the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration ...

, in social psychology *

Shock value Shock value is the potential of an image, text, action, or other form of communication, such as a public execution, to provoke a reaction of sharp disgust, shock, anger, fear, or similar negative emotions. In advertising Shock advertising or Sh ...

, in popular psychology

Places

* Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

People

People with the given name or nickname

* Shock or

Harry Del Rios Harry Del Rios (born September 17, 1972) is an American professional wrestler. Rios is best known as the Spellbinder and Phantasio from WWE, but he has competed under many other ring names during his career. Professional wrestling career Unite ...

(born 1973), American professional wrestler *

Shock G Gregory Edward Jacobs (August 25, 1963 – April 22, 2021), known professionally as Shock G and by his alter ego Humpty Hump, was an American rapper and musician who was best known as the lead vocalist of the hip hop group Digital Underground. ...

or Gregory E. Jacobs (1963–2021), American musician and rapper

People with the surname

Maurice Shock Sir Maurice Shock (15 April 1926 – 7 July 2018) was a British university administrator and educationalist. Shock was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and later read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Balliol College, Oxf ...

(born 1936), British educator *

Ron Shock Howard Ronald "Ron" Shock (October 19, 1942 – May 17, 2012) was an American comedian and storyteller who was best known for his reenactments of stories that he extracted from newspapers. Early life Shock was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Wea ...

(1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller *

Stefie Shock Stefie Shock (stage name of Stéphan Caron) is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ from Montréal, Québec, Canada. He has released 8 albums since 2000. Discography *'' Presque rien'' (2000) *''Le Décor'' (2003) *''Les Vendr ...

(born 1969), Canadian musician * Susy Shock (born 1968), Argentine actress, writer, and singer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Categories and genres

Shock art Shock art is contemporary art that incorporates disturbing imagery, sound or scents to create a shocking experience. It is a way to disturb "smug, complacent and hypocritical" people. While the art form's proponents argue that it is "imbedded with ...

Shock jock A shock jock is a radio broadcaster or DJ who entertains listeners and attracts attention using humor and/or melodramatic exaggeration that may offend some portion of the listening audience. The term is used pejoratively to describe provocative o ...

, deliberately offensive broadcaster * Shock rock, a genera of rock music *

Shock site A shock site is a website that is intended to be offensive or disturbing to its viewers, though it can also contain elements of humor or evoke (in some viewers) sexual arousal. Shock-oriented websites generally contain material such as pornograp ...

, 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) Shock were a music/mime/dance/pop group that was notable in the early 1980s for supporting English new wave groups such as Gary Numan, Adam and the Ants, Depeche Mode and Famous Names, led by Steve Fairnie. In 1979, mime artists Tim Dry and Barb ...

, an English music/mime/dance group * Shock Records, an Australian record label

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 2010 song by the Japanese band Cute * "

Shock (Unmei) is Meisa Kuroki Satsuki Shimabukuro (Japanese: 島袋さつき, ''Shimabukuro Satsuki'', b. 28 May 1988 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), better known by her stage name Meisa Kuroki (Japanese: 黒木メイサ, ''Kuroki Meisa''), is a Japanes ...

", a 2009 song by Meisa Kuroki

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* '' 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) Shock (Ariel Tremmore) is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. A psychopathic killer, she fought with Daredevil in New York City. Shock possesses the power to induce fear and hallucinations in other people by releasing pheromones through ...

, 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

Shock and awe Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight. Though ...

, display of force to destroy an opponent's will to fight *

Shock tactics Shock tactics, shock tactic or shock attack is the name of an offensive maneuver which attempts to place the enemy under psychological pressure by a rapid and fully-committed advance with the aim of causing their combatants to retreat. The accep ...

, a close quarter battle tactic *

Shock troops Shock troops or assault troops are formations created to lead an attack. They are often better trained and equipped than other infantry, and expected to take heavy casualties even in successful operations. "Shock troop" is a calque, a loose tra ...

, who apply shock tactics

Sports and teams

Spokane Shock The Spokane Shock were a professional indoor American football team based in Spokane, Washington, that played their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The team was initially a member of arenafootball2 (af2), the Shock won divisio ...

, an arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, US *

Tulsa Shock The Tulsa Shock were a professional basketball team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Detroit, Michigan before the 1998 WNBA season began; t ...

, a WNBA professional women's basketball team ** Detroit Shock, previous name of Tulsa Shock *

San Francisco Shock The San Francisco Shock are an American professional ''Overwatch'' esports team based in San Francisco, California. The Shock compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's West region. Founded in 2017, the San Francisco Shock ...

, a professional Overwatch League team