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, sun star, sunstone, sunstroke, sunstruck, sunsuit, suntan, suntanned, suntans

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Example sentences from the Web for sunstroke

I got drunk, sunstroke, and dysentery,” laughs Robert, “but I also got the girl.
The Second Life of San Miguel de Allende|Michele Willens|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Taking the saddle like a lamb, Sunstroke nevertheless hopped forth as of a piece of cyclone.
The Shriek|Charles Somerville
Vincèn wonders if it may not be fear of a scolding from her mother, or a sunstroke.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
When she was seventeen she went back to India to take care of her father, but almost right off he got a sunstroke and died.
Just Patty|Jean Webster

That was rather different from a fall on duty before the enemy, incurred by severe exhaustion after sunstroke!
The Celt and Saxon, Complete|George Meredith
The heat of the weather was now beginning to make itself felt, and several cases of sunstroke occurred amongst the troops engaged.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle

British Dictionary definitions for sunstroke

sunstroke

/ (ˈsʌnˌstrəʊk) /

noun

heatstroke caused by prolonged exposure to intensely hot sunlight

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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.

单词	sunstroke
释义	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, sun star, sunstone, sunstroke, sunstruck, sunsuit, suntan, suntanned, suntans Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sunstroke I got drunk, sunstroke, and dysentery,” laughs Robert, “but I also got the girl. The Second Life of San Miguel de Allende\|Michele Willens\|February 26, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Taking the saddle like a lamb, Sunstroke nevertheless hopped forth as of a piece of cyclone. The Shriek\|Charles Somerville Vincèn wonders if it may not be fear of a scolding from her mother, or a sunstroke. Frdric Mistral\|Charles Alfred Downer When she was seventeen she went back to India to take care of her father, but almost right off he got a sunstroke and died. Just Patty\|Jean Webster That was rather different from a fall on duty before the enemy, incurred by severe exhaustion after sunstroke! The Celt and Saxon, Complete\|George Meredith The heat of the weather was now beginning to make itself felt, and several cases of sunstroke occurred amongst the troops engaged. The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885\|Charles Royle British Dictionary definitions for sunstroke sunstroke / (ˈsʌnˌstrəʊk) / noun heatstroke caused by prolonged exposure to intensely hot sunlight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 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. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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