Phrase guide

heat stroke

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَعْن (raʕn) — severe hyperthermia
  • Arabic: ضَرْبَة شَمْس — severe hyperthermia
  • Arabic: ضَرْبَة حَرّ — severe hyperthermia
  • Asturian: golpe de calor — severe hyperthermia
  • Azerbaijani: istivurma — severe hyperthermia
  • Catalan: colp de calor — severe hyperthermia
  • Catalan: insolació — severe hyperthermia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熱射病 /热射病 (rèshèbìng) — severe hyperthermia
  • Danish: hedeslag — severe hyperthermia
  • Dutch: zonnesteek — severe hyperthermia
  • Finnish: lämpöhalvaus — severe hyperthermia
  • French: coup de chaleur — severe hyperthermia
  • Galician: golpe de calor — severe hyperthermia
  • Galician: fervón — severe hyperthermia
  • German: Hitzschlag — severe hyperthermia
  • German: Hitzeschlag — severe hyperthermia
  • Greek: θερμοπληξία (thermoplixía) — severe hyperthermia
  • Hungarian: hőguta — severe hyperthermia
  • Ido: kalenturo — severe hyperthermia
  • Japanese: 熱中症 (netchūshō) — severe hyperthermia
  • Japanese: 熱射病 (nesshabyō) — severe hyperthermia
  • Korean: 열사병 (yeolsabyeong) — severe hyperthermia
  • Polish: udar cieplny — severe hyperthermia
  • Portuguese: insolação — severe hyperthermia
  • Romanian: insolație — severe hyperthermia
  • Russian: теплово́й уда́р (teplovój udár) — severe hyperthermia
  • Spanish: golpe de calor — severe hyperthermia
  • Spanish: insolación — severe hyperthermia
  • Spanish: heliosis — severe hyperthermia
  • Spanish: tabardillo — severe hyperthermia
  • Spanish: asoleada — severe hyperthermia
  • Spanish: golpe calórico — severe hyperthermia
  • Spanish: golpe térmico — severe hyperthermia
  • Swedish: värmeslag — severe hyperthermia
  • Turkish: sıcak çarpması — severe hyperthermia
  • Ukrainian: теплови́й уда́р (teplovýj udár) — severe hyperthermia
  • Zazaki: germ prodayen — severe hyperthermia