HEAT EXHAUSTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heat exhaustion mean? 

• HEAT EXHAUSTION (noun)
  The noun HEAT EXHAUSTION has 1 sense:

1. a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes

  Familiarity information: HEAT EXHAUSTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAT EXHAUSTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

heat exhaustion; heat prostration

Hypernyms ("heat exhaustion" is a kind of...):

heat hyperpyrexia; heatstroke (collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat)