HEAT EXHAUSTION


Meaning of HEAT EXHAUSTION in English

a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body. Also called heat prostration .

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .