heat prostration

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. heat exhaustion.

heat prostration

noun

1. another name for heat exhaustion

Word History and Origins

Origin of heat prostration¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Most suffer surface burns or heat prostration, which occurs when people’s internal temperatures rise because they can’t produce enough sweat.

From Seattle Times

One or two may have been overlooked as the census-taker, who was on foot, neared heat prostration.

From New York Times

We had hoped to use the same technology to develop even better weapons that could clear buildings non-lethally by causing near-immediate temporary heat prostration to everyone inside.

From Wall Street Journal

Seattle Animal Shelter reminds the community that pet owners can be held criminally liable for committing cruelty to animals if a pet dies, or is found suffering from heat prostration.

From Seattle Times

But poor Sims Reeves evidently expected to have heat prostration or a sunstroke, for he always wore a big cork helmet to rehearsals, the kind that officers wear on the plains of India.

From Project Gutenberg