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SIRIASIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does siriasis mean?
• SIRIASIS (noun)
The noun SIRIASIS has 1 sense:
1. sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
Familiarity information: SIRIASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
insolation; siriasis; sunstroke; thermic fever
Hypernyms ("siriasis" is a kind of...):
heat hyperpyrexia; heatstroke (collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat)
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