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| | shock - Columbia Encyclopedia article about shock (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | shock, any condition in which the circulatory system circulatory system, group of organs that transport blood and the substances it carries to and from all parts of the body. |
 | | The term shock is also applied to a variety of other conditions such as electric shock electric shock, effect of the passage of a current of electricity through the body. |
 | | However, the effect of electric shock on the body depends not only on the strength of the current, but on such factors as wetness of the skin, area of contact, duration of contact, constitution of the victim, and whether or not the victim is well grounded. |
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