siriasis

/si'raiəsis/

Thân thiện

A hiker experiences siriasis on a desert trail.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A severe and sudden condition of collapse or extreme exhaustion caused by exposure to the sun or excessive heat; sunstroke. This is a medical term for a serious heat-related illness.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The hiker was diagnosed with siriasis after collapsing on the trail during the heatwave.
  • In ancient medical texts, siriasis was often described as a dangerous consequence of overexposure to the sun.

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in formal or historical medical contexts. In modern everyday English, terms like heatstroke or sunstroke are more common.
  • The physician's 19th-century journal contained several case studies of siriasis.

Variants and Related Words

• Insolation (n): Another technical term for sunstroke or exposure to the sun's rays.
• Thermoplegia (n): A rarely used synonym meaning paralysis due to heat.

Synonyms

• Sunstroke: Prostration caused by excessive exposure to the sun.
• Heatstroke: A condition marked by fever and often unconsciousness, caused by failure of the body's temperature-regulating system when exposed to excessively high temperatures.

Related Phrases

• Siriasis does not commonly form phrasal verbs or idioms in modern English due to its technical nature.

Học thuật

Noun

1. sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sunstroke
• insolation
• thermic fever