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 didn’t know what sunstroke was, and nobody had told me what could happen.”

From Los Angeles Times

On the first day, said Mr. Gao, 39, he had sunstroke.

From New York Times

She was admitted to The Grange University Hospital with suspected sunstroke but later diagnosed with viral meningitis and put into an induced coma.

From BBC

At most science institutions, safety lectures for field researchers and support staff teach how to avoid sunstroke, deploy emergency flares, and handle variables such as wild animals and flammable liquids.

From Scientific American

I have always wondered if Mike Leach saved me from a sunstroke that August day.

From Seattle Times