Heat Stroke Definition

noun
A severe condition caused by impairment of the body's temperature-regulating abilities, resulting from prolonged exposure to excessive heat and characterized by cessation of sweating, severe headache, high fever, hot dry skin, and in serious cases collapse and coma.
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Illness caused by overheating the human body.

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Noun

Singular:
heat stroke
Plural:
heat strokes

Heat Stroke Sentence Examples

  • She succumbed to heat stroke and awaits a new air conditioner to feel better.

  • I would rather wear a rag on my head than suffer heat stroke !

  • In the case of white people exposure to heat of itself frequently causes heat-stroke, but probably in almost all cases of heat hyperpyrexia amongst natives the malarial complication is the exciting cause and therefore with them quinine treatment is all-important.

  • While your pet may welcome a T-shirt or pajamas in cooler weather, dressing him during hot weather could lead to a life-threatening case of heat stroke.

  • Because heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke have a cascade effect, the prevention of the onset of all heat disorders is similar.

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