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1. (n.) sunstroke
a sometimes fatal condition caused by overexposure to the sun's rays, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.
Etymology: (1850–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sunstroke, insolation, thermic fever, siriasis
sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sunstroke
any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. sunstroke
Heat stroke caused by exposure to the sun. It is characterized by dangerously high BODY TEMPERATURE; red, hot skin; DELUSIONS; CONVULSIONS; or COMA. It can be a life-threatening emergency and is most common in infants and the elderly.
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Sense: a serious illness caused by being in very hot sunshine for too long.
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 Afrikaans: sonsteek |
 Arabic: ضَرْبَة شَمْس |
 Bulgarian: слънчев удар |
 Brazilian: insolação |
 Czech: úžeh |
 German: der Sonnenstich |
 Danish: solstik |
 Greek: ηλίαση |
 Spanish: insolación |
 Estonian: päikesepiste |
 Farsi: آفتاب زدگي |
 Finnish: auringonpistos |
 French: insolation |
 Hebrew: מַכָּת שֶׁמֶש |
 Hindi: धूप आघात, सूर्य आघात |
 Croatian: sunčanica |
 Hungarian: napszúrás |
 Indonesian: sengatan matahari |
 Icelandic: sólstingur |
 Italian: insolazione |
 Japanese: 日射病 |
 Korean: 일사병 |
 Lithuanian: saulės smūgis |
 Latvian: saules dūriens |
 Malay: strok matahari |
 Dutch: zonnesteek |
 Norwegian: solstikk, heteslag |
 Polish: udar słoneczny |
 Persian: آفتاب زدگي |
 Pashto: لمر وهلی |
 Portuguese: insolação |
 Romanian: insolaţie |
 Russian: солнечный удар |
 Slovak: úpal |
 Slovenian: sončarica |
 Serbian: sunčanica |
 Swedish: solsting |
 Thai: โรคแพ้แสงแดดจัด |
 Turkish: güneş çarpması |
 Taiwanese: 日射病，中暑 |
 Ukrainian: сонячний удар |
 Urdu: بہت گرمی میں رہنے کی وجہ |
 Vietnamese: sự say nắng |
 Chinese: 日射病，中暑 |
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