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–noun Pathology.

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.

Also called insolation, siriasis, thermic fever.

[Origin: 1850–55; sun + stroke¹

]

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sun·stroke Audio Help (sŭn'strōk') Pronunciation Key
n. Heat stroke caused by exposure to the sun and characterized by a rise in temperature, convulsions, and coma. Also called insolation, siriasis.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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sunstroke

1851, from Fr. coup de soleil.

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sunstroke
noun
sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

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ˈsunstroke noun

a serious illness caused by being in very hot sunshine for too long

Arabic:	ضَرْبَة شَمْس
Chinese (Simplified):	日射病，中暑
Chinese (Traditional):	日射病，中暑
Czech:	úžeh
Danish:	solstik
Dutch:	zonnesteek
Estonian:	päikesepiste
Finnish:	auringonpistos
French:	insolation
German:	der Sonnenstich
Greek:	ηλίαση
Hungarian:	napszúrás
Icelandic:	sólstingur
Indonesian:	sengatan matahari
Italian:	insolazione

Japanese:	日射病
Korean:	?병리? 일사병
Latvian:	saules dūriens
Lithuanian:	saulės smūgis
Norwegian:	solstikk, heteslag
Polish:	udar słoneczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	insolação
Portuguese (Portugal):	insolação
Romanian:	insolaţie
Russian:	солнечный удар
Slovak:	úpal
Slovenian:	sončarica
Spanish:	insolación
Swedish:	solsting
Turkish:	güneş çarpması

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sunstroke or sun stroke
n.

Heatstroke that results from undue exposure to the sun's rays and is marked by prostration and collapse, but not by fever.

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Main Entry: sun·stroke
Pronunciation: -"strOk
Function: noun
: heatstroke caused by direct exposure to the sun

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Sunstroke

Coup\ (k??), n. [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr. ????.] A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.

Coup de grace (k??" de gr?s") [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke.

Coup de main (k??` de m?n`) [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack.

Coup de soleil (k??` d s?-l?l or -l?"y') [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See Sunstroke.

Coup d'['e]tat (k??" d?-t?") [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy.

Coup d'[oe]il (k[=oo]` d[~e]l"). [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.

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Sunstroke

Sun"stroke`\, n. (Med.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

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Sunstroke

Ther"mic\, a. [Gr. ? heat.] Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

Thermic balance. See Bolometer.

Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See Sunstroke.

Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat.

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