A condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes.
Caused by the loss of water and electrolytes through sweating.
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Examples for "prostration"
Examples for "prostration"
1There I passed the night, half in sleep, half in helpless prostration.
2He found the poor distressed mother in a condition of utter prostration.
3The prostration which had possessed him appeared to vanish in an instant.
4The crowd as he passed along made lowly prostration before the Image.
5Look at those Austrians; they've got nervous prostration of the worst sort.
1This latter detail was unpleasant, as it invited dehydration and heat prostration from his heavily armoured men and women.
2I was too far gone with apoplexy, heat prostration, and sunstroke to make any answer, at least one that I could make to a missionary.
3"One of the floorwalkers-diedof heat prostration," she said, looking very much upset.
4"'First Aid' says, 'sip slowly in heat prostrations and give stimulants,' but we have none."
1People in the grip of heat exhaustion can be combative and confused.
2We're seeing a whole range of heat -related conditions, including sunstroke and heat exhaustion.
3Hundreds of people suffering from heat exhaustion were also admitted to city hospitals.
4Three firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion, the newspaper said, citing Rolison.
5Hundreds more suffered broken limbs, heat exhaustion, the aftereffects of crushing.
6By the time the speeches ended, eleven people had succumbed to heat exhaustion.
7The symptoms of fainting, shock, and heat exhaustion are very similar.
8One firefighter has been treated by ambulance staff after suffering from heat exhaustion.
9We do now around drought, but will we do that around heat exhaustion?
10Dehydration can result in heat exhaustion or heat stroke, regardless of the ambient temperature.
11He was also heard complaining that he was in danger of suffering heat exhaustion.
12At least two firefighters have been treated for heat exhaustion.
13Wasn't there some Lindsay Lohan " heat exhaustion" crisis to tend to?
14Exhaustion produced by long-continued heat is often the essential factor, and is called heat exhaustion.
15They suffer from heat exhaustion in temperatures above 15°C and are very susceptible to disease.
16If the skin is cold, moist, or clammy, the trouble is due to heat exhaustion.