sunstroke

[ suhn-strohk ]
/ ˈsʌnˌstroʊk /

noun Pathology.

a sudden and sometimes fatal affection due to exposure to the sun's rays or to excessive heat, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.
Also called insolation, siriasis, thermic fever.

Origin of sunstroke

First recorded in 1850–55; sun + stroke1

Words nearby sunstroke

sunspot, sunspot cycle, sunspots, sunstar, sunstone, sunstroke, sunstruck, sunsuit, suntan, suntanned, suntans

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British Dictionary definitions for sunstroke

sunstroke
/ (ˈsʌnˌstrəʊk) /

noun

heatstroke caused by prolonged exposure to intensely hot sunlight

Medical definitions for sunstroke

sunstroke

n.

Heatstroke that results from undue exposure to the sun's rays and is marked by prostration and collapse, but not by fever.