sunstroke

[ suhn-strohk ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a sudden and sometimes fatal affection due to exposure to the sun's rays or to excessive heat, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.

sunstroke

/ ˈsʌnˌstrəʊk /

noun

1. heatstroke caused by prolonged exposure to intensely hot sunlight

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunstroke¹

First recorded in 1850–55; sun + stroke ¹

Example Sentences

I got drunk, sunstroke, and dysentery,” laughs Robert, “but I also got the girl.

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The hospitals were already full of soldiers suffering as much from sunstroke as from wounds received in battle.

From Project Gutenberg

At first I thought the unfortunate man was suffering from sunstroke, and that in course of time he would regain his reason.

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Conversations were concerning sunstroke; while butter-making, and still more butter-keeping, was a despair.

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The social investigators told us that alcohol taken into the system at such a time would cause sunstroke.

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The sight of these gentlemen had the effect of a sunstroke upon him; he went raving mad on the spot.

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