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Electrical shock   /ɪlˈɛktrɪkəl ʃɑk/   Listen
Electrical shock

noun
1.
A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body.  Synonyms: electric shock, shock.  "Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"





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... by change of form may perhaps be best studied in a piece of muscle. When this is pinched, or an electrical shock is sent through it, it becomes shorter and broader. A responsive twitch is thus produced. The excitatory state then disappears, and the muscle is seen to relax into its ...
— Response in the Living and Non-Living • Jagadis Chunder Bose


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