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Septic shock
Septic Shock Definition Septic shock is a potentially lethal drop in blood pressure due to the presence of bacteria in the blood. Description Septic shock is a possible consequence of bacteremia, or bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacterial toxins, and the immune system response to them, cause... Read more |
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Electric Shock Injuries
Electric shock injuries Definition Electric shock injuries are caused by lightning or electric current passing through the body. In infants, electric shock injuries occur most often when they put metal objects in their mouths. Description Electric current can be described as the... Read more |
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Lithotripsy
Lithotripsy Definition Lithotripsy is the use of high-energy shock waves to fragment and disintegrate kidney stones. The shock wave, created by using a high-voltage spark or an electromagnetic impulse outside of the body, is focused on the stone. The shock wave shatters the... Read more |
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Future Shock
Future Shock BIBLIOGRAPHY American author Alvin Toffler first used the term future shock in 1965 to refer to the psychological disorientation and physical stress experienced by individuals and societies when radical changes occur within short periods of time. In Future Shock, the 1970 book... Read more |
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Skeletal muscle
skeletal muscle moves the skeleton and is responsible for all our voluntary movements, as well as for the automatic movements required, for example, to stand, to hold up our head, and to breathe. (Other involuntary functions involve smooth muscle and cardiac muscle.)As well as being the... Read more |
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shock wave
shock wave wave formed of a zone of extremely high pressure within a fluid, especially the atmosphere, that propagates through the fluid at a speed in excess of the speed of sound. A shock wave is caused by the sudden, violent disturbance of a fluid, such as that created by a powerful explosion or... Read more |
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shock
shock has many meanings in common usage. Most often it refers to a sudden mental or emotional experience ranging from a trivial unpleasant surprise to the deep disturbance of personal disaster or bereavement; ‘shell-shock’ refers to distress and disturbed behaviour in the aftermath of... Read more |
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shock absorber
shock absorber device for reducing the effect of a sudden shock by the dissipation of the shock's energy. On an automobile, springs and shock absorbers are mounted between the wheels and the frame. When the wheels hit a hole or a raised spot on a road, the springs absorb the resultant shock by... Read more |
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The Hairy Ape
Hairy Ape, The, expressionist play by O'Neill, produced and published in 1922. It is symbolic of the perversion of human strength by technological progress.In the cramped forecastle of a transatlantic liner, Yank—brutal, stupid, and profane—is the recognized leader of the stokers, who... Read more |
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