insulin shock

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noun Pathology.

a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.

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Also called insulin reaction.

Origin of insulin shock

First recorded in1920–25

Words nearby insulin shock

insulinogenesis, insulinoma, insulin pump, insulin reaction, insulin resistance, insulin shock, insulitis, Insull, insuloma, insult, insultation

How to use insulin shock in a sentence

Citizens were watching in shock from above on the subway station.
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But fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story.
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Shock at what the government considers dangerous and high risk could be read across social media.
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She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.
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Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.
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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.
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Medical definitions for insulin shock

insulin shock

Acute hypoglycemia usually resulting from an overdose of insulin and characterized by sweating, trembling, dizziness, and, if left untreated, convulsions and coma.