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Definition of Sunstroke

1. Noun. Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat.

Definition of Sunstroke

1. n. 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.

Definition of Sunstroke

1. Noun. (pathology) Heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays. ¹

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Definition of Sunstroke

1. [n -S]

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Literary usage of Sunstroke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"That it is proved by witnesses unimpeached and uncontradicted, that the insured frequently stated that he had had sunstroke in the summer of 1866, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"Dr. Shuttleworth has kindly allowed us to copy the records of six cases of imbecility following sunstroke admitted to the Koyal Albert Asylum at Lancaster. ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"Under these terms are comprised certain manifestations following exposure to excessive heat, of which thermic fever, or sunstroke, heat exhaustion, ..."

4. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Under these terms are comprised certain manifestations following exposure to excessive heat, of which thermic fever, or sunstroke, heat exhaustion., ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Of special value are the portions of the book devoted to the feeding and clothing of the infant. WRN sunstroke DURING MARCHES, WITH STATISTICS FROM THE ACTS ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Life and Accident Insurance: Including Benefit by Frederick Hampden Bacon (1917)
"The Same Subject—sunstroke.—sunstroke has been field to be a disease when contracted in the course of ordinary duty; this was settled in England by the ..."

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