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SUNSTROKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sunstroke mean?
• SUNSTROKE (noun)
The noun SUNSTROKE has 1 sense:
1. sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
Familiarity information: SUNSTROKE 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 ("sunstroke" is a kind of...):
heat hyperpyrexia; heatstroke (collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat)
Context examples
“Sleep-walking, sunstroke,—what?” he barked.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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