Heat exhaustion

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes wordnet

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