A condition of shock and dangerously low blood pressure that sometimes results from dengue fever.

Culture shock experienced when returning home after a long time in a different culture.

Reverse culture shock.

plural of insulin shock therapy

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) An outdated type of shock therapy effected by means of injecting an overdose of insulin.

plural of cold shock response

Synonym of hydrocution

(biochemistry) A class of proteins produced when an organism undergoes heat stress or stress, which is then used to bind to heat intolerant proteins to stabilize their structures, and initiate some of the organism's stress responses.

(aviation) A pod, protuberance, or swelling used to adjust the variation in an aircraft's cross-sectional area along its length so as to better conform to the area rule, reducing wave drag at transonic speeds.

plural of anti-shock body