; Main Entry: heat exhaustion; Function: noun; : a condition marked by weakness, nausea, dizziness, and profuse sweating that results from physical exertion in a hotenvironment called also heat prostration;
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Use prostration in a Sentence ... See web results for prostration ... extreme physical weakness or exhaustion: heat prostration.
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Twelve cases of heat prostration in infants and children are reported. Ten of these occurred during the New York City heat wave of August 1948. ... N. A. Barnicot; Climatic Factors in the Evolution of Human Populations; Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, January 1, 1959; 24(0): 115 - 129. [Abstract] [PDF];
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Recovery from Heat Prostration and Body Temperature of 109° F. M. P. Ajalat ... NIH | Department of Health and Human Services ...
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Heat Prostration — Its Treatment at Boulder DamHeat Prostration — Its Treatment at Boulder Dam ... NIH | Department of Health and Human Services ...
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Normal human body temperature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Normal human body temperature , also known as normothermia or euthermia, is a concept that depends upon the place in the body at which the measurement is made, and the time of day and level of activi...
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Officials 'Pretty Confident' Trapped Sea Lions' Deaths Caused By Heat Prostration; Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 (PST); ... Foul play has "not been ruled in or out," Gorman said. "We're looking at the human element."
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The corporate media is now reporting what we assumed they would: That nature is to blame for the deaths of six trapped sea lions, and not foul ... No, it must have been the heat. Yeh. That's it. The heat. ...But wait. [ Previous articles What Killed Sea Lion B198? | More articles on sea lions ] ... human & civil rights...
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They don't die of heat prostration, the way a dolphin might if it were beached and could not get back into the water. It just doesn't happen in temperatures like the ones we experienced the day they died. And, they just weren't in the traps during enough daylight to hurt them. ... human & civil rights...
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In emergency cases, injections of saline solution and rapid cooling of the body may be needed. Also known as heatstroke or heat prostration. ... Organ: A relatively independent part of the body that carries out one or more special functions. The organs of the human body include the eye, ear, heart, lungs, and liver.
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