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HEAT PROSTRATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heat prostration mean?
• HEAT PROSTRATION (noun)
The noun HEAT PROSTRATION has 1 sense:
1. a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
Familiarity information: HEAT PROSTRATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 prostration" is a kind of...):
heat hyperpyrexia; heatstroke (collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat)
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