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heat stroke

heat stroke noun: an illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.

Noun

heat stroke (countable and uncountable, plural heat strokes)

  1. An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.

heat stroke meaning in Tamil and Arabic

heat stroke in Tamil

வெப்ப அதிர்ச்சி, வெப்ப வாதம்

heat stroke in Arabic

severe hyperthermia
رَعْن raʕn, ضَرْبَة شَمْس, ضَرْبَة حَرّ

Forms of heat stroke

pluralheat strokes
alternative formheatstroke

Questions about heat stroke

What does heat stroke mean?
Heat stroke means an illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.
What is heat stroke in Tamil?
Heat stroke in Tamil is வெப்ப அதிர்ச்சி, வெப்ப வாதம். See Heat stroke meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heat stroke?
Heat stroke is a noun.
What is the plural of heat stroke?
The plural of heat stroke is heat strokes.

Words near heat stroke in the dictionary

  1. heat sinks
  2. heat spreader
  3. heat spreaders
  4. heat stable
  5. heat storm
  6. heat stroke
  7. heat strokes
  8. heat through
  9. heat thunder
  10. heat time
  11. heat times

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