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Definition of Heat exhaustion
1. Noun. A condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes.
Medical Definition of Heat exhaustion
1. A form of heat illness that results when the victim is dehydrated (fluid depleted). Common symptoms include: fatigue, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting, headache, rapid heartbeat and lowered blood pressure. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heat Exhaustion
Literary usage of Heat exhaustion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"heat exhaustion is frequently met with in conditions similar to those in which
sunstroke ... heat exhaustion.—In the tropics and in temperate regions during ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"The conditions described are, undoubtedly, those we know to-day respectively as
heat or thermic fever, and as heat exhaustion, and the treatment advised for ..."
3. A Layman's Handbook of Medicine: With Special Reference to Social Workers by Richard Clarke Cabot (1916)
"Quite different is heat exhaustion. heat exhaustion comes to people working indoors
... heat exhaustion is a form of cardiac failure due to heat and to the ..."
4. Text Book of Veterinary Medicine by James Law (1905)
"heat exhaustion. Causes : prolonged heat, and moisture, overexertion. ...
heat exhaustion. This appears as an exaggerated form of the general sense of ..."
5. Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick: How to Keep Well and what to Do by William Gordon Stimpson, Milton Hugh Foster (1919)
"Unconsciousness may be due to sunstroke or heat exhaustion. ... In heat exhaustion
the face is pale and the skin cold and clammy. ..."
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