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
Only five years ago, considering the season, most physicians might have made a spot diagnosis 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
One of the five children, Ou Vilay, a nine-year-old girl, collapsed and died of heat prostration while working in a rice field.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had sent my chief of staff on shore the day before to arrange an interview with General Shafter, who had been suffering from heat prostration.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
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