Meaning Of The Word Heatstroke

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What's The Definition Of Heatstroke?

heatstroke
uncountable noun: Heatstroke is the same as sunstroke.

heatstroke in American English
a serious failure of the body's heat-regulation mechanisms resulting from excessive exposure to intense heat and characterized by high fever, dry skin, collapse, and sometimes convulsions or coma
noun: a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma

heatstroke in British English
noun: a condition resulting from prolonged exposure to intense heat, characterized by high fever and in severe cases convulsions and coma

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