heat exhaustion

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.

Origin of heat exhaustion

First recorded in 1935–40

Also called heat prostration.

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Historical Examples of heat exhaustion

Although the brutes have the smallest modicum of brains, they are very liable to attacks of illness from heat-exhaustion.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898
Bennet Burleigh

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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heat exhaustion in Medicine

heat exhaustion

n.

A condition caused by exposure to heat, marked by prostration, weakness, and collapse, resulting from unrecognized or unavoidable dehydration.heat prostration