sun fever

plural sun fevers

1. countableuncountableA feverish condition brought on by overheating in the sun; sunstroke.

   Her lips were swollen real bad and it looked like she had the sun fever.

   2013, Carole A. Powell, Turnabout, page 31

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   Recently, instances of ictus soils, or solar asphyxia, as it is more correctly called, have been much less frequent; but in the mean time, cases of solar or sun fever have increased rapidly throughout the city.

   1851, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal - Volume 7, page 264

   In malaria and sun fever the patient has frequent chills, which differ in some respects, a fact which is of great diagnostic value.

   1898, Medical News - Volume 73, page 269

   “This is more than sun fever,” their mother said. “Help me to get his tunic off.”

   2013, Alan Sorem, Time: Jesus in Relationships, page 70