Meanings
nounheat stroke (countable and uncountable, plural heat strokes)
plural heat strokes · alternative heatstroke
- countableuncountablemedicineAn illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.
Translations
Arabic رَعْن, ضَرْبَة شَمْس
- رَعْن (raʕn)severe hyperthermia
- ضَرْبَة شَمْسsevere hyperthermia
- ضَرْبَة حَرّsevere hyperthermia
Catalan colp de calor, insolació
- colp de calorsevere hyperthermia
- insolaciósevere hyperthermia
Chinese Mandarin 熱射病 /热射病
- 熱射病 /热射病 (rèshèbìng)severe hyperthermia
Danish hedeslag
- hedeslagsevere hyperthermia
Dutch zonnesteek
- zonnesteeksevere hyperthermia
Finnish lämpöhalvaus
- lämpöhalvaussevere hyperthermia
French coup de chaleur
- coup de chaleursevere hyperthermia
German Hitzschlag, Hitzeschlag
- Hitzschlagsevere hyperthermia
- Hitzeschlagsevere hyperthermia
Greek θερμοπληξία
- θερμοπληξία (thermoplixía)severe hyperthermia
Hungarian hőguta
- hőgutasevere hyperthermia
Japanese 熱中症, 熱射病
- 熱中症 (netchūshō)severe hyperthermia
- 熱射病 (nesshabyō)severe hyperthermia
Korean 열사병
- 열사병 (yeolsabyeong)severe hyperthermia
Polish udar cieplny
- udar cieplnysevere hyperthermia
Portuguese insolação
- insolaçãosevere hyperthermia
Romanian insolație
- insolațiesevere hyperthermia
Russian теплово́й уда́р
- теплово́й уда́р (teplovój udár)severe hyperthermia
Spanish golpe de calor, insolación
- golpe de calorsevere hyperthermia
- insolaciónsevere hyperthermia
- heliosissevere hyperthermia
- tabardillosevere hyperthermia
- asoleadasevere hyperthermia
- golpe calóricosevere hyperthermia
- golpe térmicosevere hyperthermia
Swedish värmeslag
- värmeslagsevere hyperthermia
Turkish sıcak çarpması
- sıcak çarpmasısevere hyperthermia
Ukrainian теплови́й уда́р
- теплови́й уда́р (teplovýj udár)severe hyperthermia
Cite this entry
APA
heat stroke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20stroke
MLA
“heat stroke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20stroke. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heat stroke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20stroke.
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