heat exhaustion

English

Noun

heat exhaustion (uncountable)

  1. An illness caused by overheating and excessive sweating, characterised by nausea, headache, thirst, weakness, and high body temperature; prognosis is good if cooling and hydration are pursued promptly.
    Hypernym: condition
    Coordinate term: heat stroke (more severe)
    • 2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 293:
      She was flushed and grey at once, and not sweating as much as she should have—Mahit tried to remember the symptoms of incipient heat exhaustion and figured being unable to remember them was a symptom in and of itself.

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