hypovolemic shock
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌhaɪpəvoʊˈliːmɪk ʃɑk/
- Specialized
:
shock hipovolémico
- BP may be used as an indicator of risk for other diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD) or to assess the severity of a patient's condition, as in hypovolemic shock.
Examples
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He's showing signs of hypovolemic shock after the accident.
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You just lost a lot of blood, so you're going into hypovolemic shock.
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Patients with hypovolemic shock have endoscopy as soon as they are resuscitated.
Academic text (1995) -
However, a substantial proportion of episodes of renal failure after gastrointestinal bleeding are due to acute tubular necrosis related to hypovolemic shock and not to HRS.
Academic text (2003) -
Patients who experience hypovolemic shock require immediate medical intervention.
Synonyms
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5.5
A serious medical condition when the body does not get enough blood or oxygen
How Severe
- Specialized
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7.5
- Specialized
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9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is a straightforward modifier + head noun construction: 'hypovolemic' specifies reduced circulating blood volume and 'shock' denotes systemic circulatory failure, so the combined meaning 'shock caused by low blood/fluid volume' is directly derivable. Although medical and technical in register, the relation is fully compositional, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Hypovolemic shock comes from a clear image: hypo means 'too little' and volemic is about the body's blood volume, so it describes having not enough blood. That's why 'shock' here means the body suddenly cannot keep its organs working.