Shock

Shock may refer to:

Medical conditions

• Shock (circulatory), a circulatory medical emergency
• Acute stress reaction, often termed 'shock' by laypersons, a psychological condition in response to terrifying events
• Post-traumatic stress disorder, a long-term complication of acute stress reaction

Other meanings

• Shock (economics), an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy
• Shocks (Image Processing)
• Electric shock
• Shock (mechanics)
  • short for "Shock absorber"
  • Shock wave, one example being a sonic boom
• Shock site, a website that is intended to be offensive or shocking to most viewers
• Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic, usually done by specially trained shock troops.
• Shock troops, troops trained for shock tactics, usually heavy cavalry or infantry
• The Detroit Shock, a professional women's basketball team
• Shock (Cooking Technique), to quickly stop the cooking process of blanched items by plunging them in ice water.

Last names

• Aaron Schock, member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 18th district of Illinois.

In the arts

• Shock (troupe), a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe
• Shock (1946 movie), a movie starring Vincent Price
• Shock (1977 movie), a 1977 Italian movie
• Shock (novel), a 2001 book by Robin Cook
• Shock (2004 movie), a 2004 Tamil movie starring Prashanth Thyagarajan
• Shock (2006 movie), a 2006 Telugu movie
• The Shock (1923 movie), a 1923 silent movie
• Shock Records, an Australian record label

Related pages

• Culture shock
• Future shock
• Sticker shock
• Combat stress reaction, or "shell shock"

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