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Heat prostration   /hit prɑstrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Heat prostration

noun
1.
A condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes.  Synonym: heat exhaustion.





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... the papers lots of times where Archibald Van Hesterfeld has been among the starters in the bazaar for the relief of the heat prostration victims in Iceland, or words to that effect. Or, if it wasn't Archibald it might have been General Galumpus or Commodore Fedink—or all of them. Away down at the bottom of the page, if it's a copy of the Succotash Crossing ...
— Kid Scanlan • H. C. Witwer


Words linked to "Heat prostration" :   heat hyperpyrexia, heat exhaustion, heatstroke


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