distributive shock

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   shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow

   Broadershock

Questions about distributive shock

What does distributive shock mean?

distributive shock means "shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow".

Is distributive shock a common word?

distributive shock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.