Search Result for "thermic_fever":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat;
[syn: sunstroke, insolation, thermic fever, siriasis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thermic \Ther"mic\, a. [Gr. ? heat.] Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines. [1913 Webster] Thermic balance. See Bolometer. Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See Sunstroke. Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thermic fever n 1: sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat [syn: sunstroke, insolation, thermic fever, siriasis]