[ noun ] sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat <noun.state>
Sunstroke \Sun"stroke`\, n. (Med.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.
He might get sunstroke or he might get hurt." Christina Spankel, 13, daughter of Sgt. 1st Class William T. Spankel, said she hopes the crisis can be settled peacefully.
The desert state of Rajasthan continued to be hardest hit, with 45 more people dead Thursday of sunstroke and other heat-related illnesses, the news agency said.