Sunstroke


noun, Pathology.
1.
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.
noun
1.
heatstroke caused by prolonged exposure to intensely hot sunlight

sunstroke or sun stroke
n.
Heatstroke that results from undue exposure to the sun’s rays and is marked by prostration and collapse, but not by fever.

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