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), 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, 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 Psychological shock or acute stress reaction, to terrifying events Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma Physical sciences Shock (mechanics), a sudden acceleration or deceleration Shock absorber Shock mount Shock wave Oblique shock 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 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 Everett Shock, American geochemist Maurice Shock (born 1936), British educator Molly Shock, American film editor Ron Shock (1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician Susy Shock (born 1968), Argentine actress, writer, and singer Viki Shock (born 1975), Czech writer and artist 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