Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microshock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-croshock
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small-scale shock.

noun

A small electric current passing directly through the heart, sending the patient directly into ventricular fibrillation.

Etymology

From micro- + shock.

Inflected Forms

microshocks (plural)

Questions

What does microshock mean?: A very small-scale shock.
Where does microshock come from?: From micro- + shock.

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