obstructive shock

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   shock caused by obstruction of blood flow

   Broadershock

Questions about obstructive shock

What does obstructive shock mean?

obstructive shock means "shock caused by obstruction of blood flow".

Is obstructive shock a common word?

obstructive 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.