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heatstroke

heatstroke is the alternative spelling of heat stroke.

Meaning of heat stroke

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.

Forms of heatstroke

pluralheatstrokes

Questions about heatstroke

What is heatstroke the alternative spelling of?
Heatstroke is the alternative spelling of heat stroke.

Words near heatstroke in the dictionary

  1. heatspot
  2. heatspots
  3. heatspreader
  4. heatspreaders
  5. heatstable
  6. heatstroke
  7. heatstrokes
  8. heatsunk
  9. Heatter
  10. heatwave
  11. heatwaves

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