'Sunstroke' definitions:
Definition of 'sunstroke'
From: WordNet
noun
Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat [syn: sunstroke, insolation, thermic fever, siriasis]
Definition of 'Sunstroke'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'sunstroke'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Minamata disease,
- motion sickness,
- pneumoconiosis,
- radiation sickness,
- radionecrosis,
- red-out,
- the bends,
- thermic fever,
- trench foot