hypovolemic shock

[ hahy-poh-vuh-lee-mik shok ]

/ ˌhaɪ poʊ vəˈli mɪk ˈʃɒk /

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noun

Pathology. a type of shock caused by reduced blood volume as from massive bleeding or dehydration.Compare cardiogenic shock, anaphylactic shock.

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Origin of hypovolemic shock

First recorded in 1960–65; hypovolem(ia) + -ic

Words nearby hypovolemic shock

hypotonic, hypotrachelium, hypotrich, hypotyposis, hypovolemia, hypovolemic shock, hypoxanthine, hypoxemia, hypoxia, hypoxic, hypozeugma

How to use hypovolemic shock in a sentence

Citizens were watching in shock from above on the subway station.
Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story.
‘The Walking Dead’ Fans Demand: Bring Back Beth!|Melissa Leon|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Shock at what the government considers dangerous and high risk could be read across social media.
The UK’s War on Porn: ‘Proof That Men Making These Rules Do Not See Women as Equals’|Aurora Snow|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
She was a woman of too much natural and acquired poise to remain askew under any shock.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
He feared to shock her by the sudden mention of the Senora's death; yet that would harm her less than continued anxiety.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Were he a young man, they could save him by cutting off his leg high up, but as it is he would not stand the shock.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton