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heat exhaustion

heat exhaustion noun: 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.

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.
    • 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.2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 293

heat exhaustion meaning in Tamil

heat exhaustion in Tamil

வெப்பச் சோர்வு

Questions about heat exhaustion

What does heat exhaustion mean?
Heat exhaustion means 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.
What is heat exhaustion in Tamil?
Heat exhaustion in Tamil is வெப்பச் சோர்வு. See Heat exhaustion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heat exhaustion?
Heat exhaustion is a noun.

Words near heat exhaustion in the dictionary

  1. heat engines
  2. heat exchange
  3. heat exchanger
  4. heat exchangers
  5. heat exchanges
  6. heat exhaustion
  7. heat gun
  8. heat guns
  9. heat haze
  10. heat hazes
  11. heat index

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