English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

中暑 — meaning in English

zhòng shǔ

Chinese → English · translate English → Chinese instead

English meaning

  • sunstroke noun A serious illness caused by spending too long in strong sun, marked by fever, dizziness, and collapse.

Senses

中暑 is used for these senses in English:

  • heat stroke (disease, countable, or, uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.
  • hyperthermia (medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.
  • sunstroke (medicine) Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays.