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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See sunstroke.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Sunstroke; coup de soleil.
  2. n. Exposure to the sun for medical purposes; a sun-bath; insolation. Also called heliotherapy.

Wiktionary

  1. n. medicine, obsolete sunstroke

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A sunstroke.
  2. n. The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. insolation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

Etymologies

  1. Latin, from Ancient Greek, from the Dog Star, properly, scorching. (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin sīriāsis, from Greek seiriasis, from seiriān, to be hot, from Seirios, Sirius; see Sirius. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. sunstroke

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  1. heat hyperpyrexia
  1. heatstroke

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