hypovolemic shock

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   shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss

   Broadershock

Questions about hypovolemic shock

What does hypovolemic shock mean?

hypovolemic shock means "shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss".

Is hypovolemic shock a common word?

hypovolemic 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.