HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypovolemic shock mean? 

• HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK (noun)
  The noun HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK has 1 sense:

1. shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss

  Familiarity information: HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypovolemic shock" is a kind of...):

shock ((pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor)

 Context examples 

These two responses constitute the basis of the hypovolemic shock and multi-organ failure that sepsis patients develop, culminating in their death.

(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)