Shock

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Shock may refer to:

Main uses

Social sciences

• 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
• Psychological shock or acute stress reaction, to terrifying events
• Cold shock response of organisms to sudden cold, especially cold water
• Insulin shock or diabetic hypoglycemia, from too much insulin
  • Insulin shock therapy, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy
• Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma
• Septic shock, a result of severe infection and sepsis
• Spinal shock, loss of sensation and movement after spinal cord injury
• Shock, a medical journal
• Anaphylactic shock
• Electric shock
  • Defibrillation, electric shock to restore heart rhythm
  • Electroconvulsive therapy or shock treatment, psychiatric treatment
• Osmotic shock, caused by solute concentration around a cell
• Hydrostatic shock, from ballistic impact

Physical sciences

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

Agriculture

• Stook or shock of grain, stacked sheaves

Arts and entertainment

• Shock art
• Shock jock, deliberately offensive broadcaster
• Shock site, deliberately offensive website

Books

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

Film and television

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

Games

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

Music

• Shock rock, a genera of rock music
• Shock (album), a 1985 album by The Motels
• Shock (musical), a Japanese stage musical series
• "Shock" (Beast song), a 2010 song by South Korean boy band Beast
• "Shock!", a 2010 song by the Japanese band Cute
• "Shock: Unmei", a 2009 song by Meisa Kuroki
• "Shock" (Fear Factory song), a 1998 song by Fear Factory
• "Shock", a 1987 song by The Psychedelic Furs from Midnight to Midnight
• Shock (troupe), an English music/mime/dance group
• Shock Records, an Australian record label

People

• Maurice Shock (born 1936), British educator
• Ron Shock (1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller
• Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician
• Shock or Harry Del Rios (born 1973), American professional wrestler
• Shock G or Gregory E. Jacobs (born 1963), American musician and rapper
• Shock Gibson, a fictional comic book superhero
• Shock White, 18th century English cricketer

Places

• Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

Recreation

• Tulsa Shock, a WNBA professional women's basketball team
  • Detroit Shock, previous name of Tulsa Shock
• Spokane Shock, an arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, US
• Wichita State Shockers, the nickname of Wichita State University

Military

• Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic
• Shock troops, who apply shock tactics
• Shock and awe, display of force to destroy an opponent's will to fight

Other uses

• Shock (economics), an unpredicted event that affects an economy
• Shock, a historic commercial term for a group of 60, see English numerals#Specialized numbers

See also

• Schock (disambiguation)
• Shocked, song by Kylie Minogue
• Shocker (disambiguation)
• Shock therapy (disambiguation)
• Shocking (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Shock"
• All pages with a title containing Shock