shock-likeadj.

1864 F. E. Anstie Stimulants & Narcotics iv. 170 The one difference which would seem to stand out..as a distinctive mark, separating sedatives from narcotics, is the sudden and shock-like manner in which the former depress the system.

1921 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 451/2 Histamine..certainly induces a shock-like state in this way.

1971 N. Y. State Jrnl. Med. 1 Oct. 2310/2 Shock-like signs returned two days after the steroids were decreased.

2011 R. Reid et al. Pathol. Illustr. (ed. 7) ix. 317 S[higella] dysenteriae infections are often associated with severe toxaemia and sometimes a shock-like condition.

1881 W. R. Gowers Epilepsy ii. 36 As these remissions become deeper the muscular contractions become more shock-like in character.

1943 W. K. Livingston Pain Mechanisms ix. 144 Certain spots could be found, which, when pressed upon, caused a shock-like pain to dart up over the top of the head.

2015 H. H. Fernandez et al. Pract. Approach Movement Disorders (ed. 2) vii. 165 Sudden, brief, shocklike, involuntary movements result from brief contractions (or lapse in contractions) of a muscle or group of muscles.