Sunstroke
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsʌnˌstɹoʊk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sunstroke is a noun meaning (medicine) Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays.
Meaning
(medicine) Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays.
Example Sentences
Later came midsummer, with the stifling heat, when the dingy killing beds of Durham’s became a very purgatory; one time, in a single day, three men fell dead from sunstroke.
Idiopathic non-septic periencephalitis may be produced by profound grief, protracted anxiety, especially when accompanied by great overwork, partial starvation combined with the gnawing anxiety of deep poverty, and also, it is affirmed, by sunstroke.
Word Forms
- sunstrokes
Synonyms for sunstroke
Depending on context, synonyms include insolation, siriasis.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include insolation, siriasis, sunburn, sunfever, suntan, hyperthermia.
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