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heat stroke

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heat stroke
n.
A severe condition caused by impairment of the body's temperature-regulating abilities, resulting from prolonged exposure to excessive heat and characterized by cessation of sweating, severe headache, high fever, hot dry skin, and in serious cases collapse and coma.
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When it's 100-plus outside, humid like Havana and my brave air conditioner is running 24 hours for weeks on end to keep the dog from heat stroke, it's tough to think about anything else.
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Heat stroke involves confusion; hot, dry and red skin; rapid pulse; and fainting and possible convulsions.
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