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HEATSTROKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat
Synonyms:
heat hyperpyrexia; heatstroke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("heatstroke" is a kind of...):
collapse; prostration (an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heatstroke"):
heat exhaustion; heat prostration (a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes)
insolation; siriasis; sunstroke; thermic fever (sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat)
