insulin shock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of insulin shock
First recorded in 1920–25
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Doctors had experimented with insulin shock therapy and Electro-Convulsive Therapy with limited success and asylums were filled with patients, including shell-shocked soldiers, who had no hope of a cure, or of going home.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2021
Songs many of us have heard our whole lives sentimentalized, usually arranged with enough saccharine to produce insulin shock, are given weight and take on deep meaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
The aggregate effect is like aesthetic insulin shock, albeit from an artificial sweetener.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2016
Elizabeth’s life with diabetes has not been without high and low sugar episodes; one such episode left her in insulin shock, unconscious for an entire day before being found, she said.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2015
"You know how come. She had diabetes. She went into a insulin shock."
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
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