heatstroke (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *heatstroke*:
NOUN	state	heatstroke, heat hyperpyrexia	collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat

English > *heatstroke*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat.
Synonym	heat hyperpyrexia
Narrower	heat exhaustion, heat prostration	A condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
Narrower	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

HyperDic: heatstroke