Electric shock
Electric shock describes the brief and deliberate impact of electricity on an organism. Depending on the objective, one can differentiate:
- use in electroshock therapy
- painful electric shocks, which in the torture be applied
- Defense against an opponent with an electro pulse weapon or immobilization with an electric shock gun
- Electroporation : for introducing DNA into cells
- Use of electrical energy to stunning animals shortly before slaughter
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