heat prostration
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of heat prostration
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Then he lost to Jimmy Young in 1977, found God in a haze of heat prostration, and retired.
From Time Magazine Archive
What else would bring bonnie Prince Charlie to the boonies to play in sweltering humidity and wind up in West Palm Beach's Good Samaritan Hospital, a victim of heat prostration?
From Time Magazine Archive
If the pilot is taken out, and the craft becomes an unmanned missile, its interior must still be cooled to keep its electronic brain from dying of heat prostration.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were those who blamed the former heavyweight champion's immediate change of plans --he gave up boxing--on hallucinations brought on by heat prostration.
From Time Magazine Archive
How would you dress a cut? a burn? a sprain?What would you do for a person suffering from colic? nausea? diarrhœa? chill?What are the symptoms of shock? heat stroke? heat prostration?
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
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