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noun
a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body.
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Also called heat prostration.
Origin of heat exhaustion
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby heat exhaustion
heated, heat engine, heat equation, heater, heat exchanger, heat exhaustion, heat gun, heath, heathberry, heath cock, heathen
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British Dictionary definitions for heat exhaustion
heat exhaustion
noun
a condition resulting from exposure to intense heat, characterized by dizziness, abdominal cramp, and prostrationAlso called: heat prostration Compare heatstroke
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