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# heatstroke

«heatstroke» in Mova's school dictionary: **A dangerous illness when your body gets far too hot (from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (heatstroke — uncountable; also heat stroke)

### meaning for a pupil

A dangerous illness when your body gets far too hot (from hot sun or hard exercise in heat) and cannot cool itself down; it can cause confusion, fainting and even death without help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons: prevent heatstroke by drinking water, wearing a hat, staying in the shade, resting in the hottest part of the day, and never leaving children or pets in a hot car. Signs: very hot dry or red skin, headache, confusion, fainting. Call emergency services, move the person to the shade and cool them with water. Milder stage: heat exhaustion.

### examples

- Drink lots of water on hot days to avoid heatstroke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/#x1)
- Never leave a dog in a hot car; it can get heatstroke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/#x2)
- The runner collapsed with heatstroke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/#x3)
- Heatstroke is an emergency – call an ambulance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/#x4)
- Wear a hat and stay in the shade to prevent heatstroke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/#x5)
- Babies and old people get heatstroke more easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Written as one word or two (heat stroke). «Sunstroke» is heatstroke caused by the sun. It is not a stroke in the brain-blood sense, though the name is similar. Heat exhaustion is milder but can turn into heatstroke.

### In the corpora

- [Rabbits get heatstroke easily and can die in hot sun without shade and water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/22/)
- [Heatstroke is an emergency: a child who is hot, confused or stops sweating needs to be cooled and get help at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heatstroke» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heatstroke/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.