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Definition of Electric shock
1. Noun. The use of electricity to administer punishment or torture. "They used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
2. Noun. Trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness.
3. Noun. A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body. "Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Derivative terms: Shock
Definition of Electric shock
1. Noun. The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Electric shock
1. A sudden violent impression caused by the passage of a current of electricity through any portion of the body. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Shock
Literary usage of Electric shock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"—-$25000—man—received electric shock —hands badly burned, 3 fingers of right hand
lost, usefulness of thumb and fore- linger greatly impaired by scar tissue ..."
2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1906)
"magnetic field necessary for its rotation without producing an electric shock
sufficient to burn the wire. This dynamo of f horse-power works a static ..."
3. William George Ward and the Catholic Revival by Wilfrid Philip Ward (1893)
"It was like an electric shock. The manner in which he got absorbed in his subject
when he poured out the claims of God, with his eyes lifted up to Heaven, ..."
4. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"When an uneven surface (as of the face and hands) is to be electrified, the ball
of the director should be covered with flannel. 4. The electric shock. ..."
5. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"(13) SENSORY THRESHOLD FOR electric shock. This measurement taken in the same
way and employing the same apparatus, with the exception of the electrodes,1 ..."
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