heatstroke

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A form of heat stroke — An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.

Similar
heat hyperpyrexia
UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounheatstroke (countable and uncountable, plural heatstrokes)

plural heatstrokes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of heat stroke.

    “Youʼre having a heatstroke, do you understand? Weʼve got to get you cooled down.”

    2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 170

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncollapse caused by exposure to excessive heat

Similar
heat hyperpyrexia
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

heatstroke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heatstroke

MLA

“heatstroke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heatstroke. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heatstroke,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heatstroke.

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