electrical shock
Voltage through body
Electrical shock is the physiological effect of electric current passing through the body.
Severity ranges from a mild jolt to fatal electrocution, depending on voltage, current, and duration.
The term also describes the startling sensation from static discharge: I got an electrical shock touching the doorknob.
Often shortened to simply shock.
- zapDestroy suddenly with energy
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
- electrocutionDeath from electrical current
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- currentDirected flow of charge
tingling · burn · spark · wire · frayed cord · outlet · don't touch · lightning · surge · pain · taser · static · hair standing up · nerve · muscle · convulsion · heart · defibrillator
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
- Kitchen Dangersburns, cuts, fires, scalding, knife cuts
- workplace hazardsstress, burnout, fire hazard, overwork, back pain
- shocksanaphylaxis, electroshock, aftershock
- worksite hazardselectrocution, cave-in, falling objects, chemical exposure, asbestos
- arrhythmiasatrial fibrillation, A-fib, afib, arrhythmia, ventricular fibrillation
electrical shockthermal burn
Heat-caused tissue injury
chemical burn · frostbite · radiation exposure · laceration · hypothermia
electrical shocknumbness
Loss of sensation
anesthesia · gentle warmth · soothing touch · painlessness · calm
electric, electrical, electrically, electricity, electrify, electrified, electrifying, electrification, electron