| NOUN | state | heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke | collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat |
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| Meaning | Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat. | |
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| Synonym | heatstroke | |
| Narrower | heat exhaustion, heat prostration | A condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes |
| sunstroke, insolation, thermic fever, siriasis | sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat | |
| Broader | collapse, prostration | An abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion |
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