Sunstroke

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sunstroke \Sun"stroke`\, n. (Med.)
     Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part
     of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical
     powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy,
     occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often
     terminating fatally; coup de soleil.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sunstroke
       n : sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive
           heat [syn: {insolation}, {thermic fever}, {siriasis}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "sunstroke":
     Minamata disease, altitude sickness, anoxemia, anoxia,
     anoxic anoxia, anthrax, black lung, caisson disease, calenture,
     chilblain, coup de soleil, decompression sickness, frostbite,
     heat prostration, immersion foot, insolation, itai, jet lag,
     lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, motion sickness, pneumoconiosis,
     radiation sickness, radionecrosis, red-out, the bends,
     thermic fever, trench foot