heat prostration
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of heat prostration
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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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
Fifteen others had to be hospitalized for heat prostration.
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By week's end 147 people had died, mostly from heat prostration.
From Time Magazine Archive
In cold weather they are sluggish, and if they stay out too long in Arizona's searing sun, they die of heat prostration.
From Time Magazine Archive
For heat prostration, to give stimulants, 10 to 12 drops of aromatic spirits of ammonia in a little water, or hot drinks.
From Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks by Farinholt-Jones, May
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