HyperDic: heat_hyperpyrexia

English > 1 sense of the expression heat hyperpyrexia:
NOUNstateheat hyperpyrexia, heatstrokecollapse caused by exposure to excessive heat
English > heat hyperpyrexia: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningCollapse caused by exposure to excessive heat.
Synonymheatstroke
Narrowerheat exhaustion, heat prostrationA condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
sunstroke, insolation, thermic fever, siriasissudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
Broadercollapse, prostrationAn abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

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