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heat prostration

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prostration /pros·tra·tion/ (pros-tra´shun) extreme exhaustion or lack of energy or power.
heat prostration  see under exhaustion.

heat prostration

heat prostration.
prostration [pros-tra´shun]
extreme exhaustion or lack of energy or power.
heat prostration heat exhaustion.

prostration
extreme exhaustion, or lack of energy or power.

heat prostration
a condition caused by exposure to excessive heat. See also heat1 exhaustion.


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Through the Government of Pakistan, the American people donated generators and air conditioned tents to provide comfort for those suffering from disease or heat prostration.
Pedestrians collapsed of heat prostration on downtown streets, and when the heat wave ended, the death toll attributed to it stood near 100.
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