sunstroke
Noun
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Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
exposure
illumination
insolation
frostbite
sunburn
pneumoconiosis
sunlight
sunshine
solar
radiation sickness
siriasis
calenture
impactor
jet lag
heatstroke
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Heat exhaustion, sunstroke, endemic diseases such as malaria and typhoid would match the destructive effectiveness of the Moscow winter on the invading armies of Napoleon.
On reaching Chile, Masefield suffered from sunstroke and was hospitalised.