shockable
adjEtymology From shock + -able.
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Able to be shocked.
- One answer comes from the fact that it takes a great deal of force to shock quartz. Indeed, until recently, it wasn’t believed that quartz was shockable.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 44:
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Easily shocked.
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Medicine, Sciences Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
- shockable rhythm
- Ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) are considered shockable and thus require defibrillation.2015, Rachel K. Thomas, Elize Richards, Cathy Taylor, Practical Medical Procedures at a Glance, page 67:
- Derived terms
- nonshockable, unshockable