Meaning of INSOLATION
| Pronunciation: | | `insow'leyshun
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- [n] therapeutic exposure to sunlight
- [n] incident solar radiation
- [n] sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
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| | Synonyms: | | heliotherapy, siriasis, sunstroke, thermic fever |
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| | See Also: | | heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke, solar radiation, therapy | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`so*la"tion\, n. [L. insolatio: cf. F.
insolation.]
1. The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro
the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc.,
or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
2. (Med.)
(a) A sunstroke.
(b) Exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; a sun bath.
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| | Related Terms: | | air-drying, anhydration, calefaction, calenture, cooking, coup de soleil, dehumidification, dehydration, desiccation, dielectric heating, drainage, drying, drying up, electric heating, electronic heating, evaporation, furnace heating, gas heating, heat exchange, heat prostration, heating, hot-air heating, increase of temperature, induction heating, mummification, oil heating, panel heating, radiant heating, recalescence, steam heating, sunstroke, superheating, tepefaction, thermic fever, torrefaction, warming, withering |
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