sunstroke

American

[suhn-strohk] / ˈsʌnˌstroʊk /

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.

sunstroke British

/ ˈsʌnˌstrəʊk /

noun

heatstroke caused by prolonged exposure to intensely hot sunlight

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Etymology

Origin of sunstroke

First recorded in 1850–55; sun + stroke ¹

Example Sentences

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The migrants' dinghies are often overloaded and inadequate for such a "perilous" journey, and people suffer exposure, dehydration, sunstroke and sea sickness, he added.

From BBC

A member of the Russian Olympic Committee’s archery team suffered a sunstroke in the grueling heat at the Olympics on Friday.

From Fox News

Mason was among the first people to buy one of Thomas Edison's phonograph machines, which he invented in 1877; but died of sunstroke three weeks after making his historic recording.

From BBC

More than 100 died on the way, of sunstroke, dehydration, starvation, exhaustion and traffic accidents.

From Scientific American

Along the way, Florence learned Arabic, brokered peace when their team of locals mutinied, and nearly died of sunstroke.

From The Guardian

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