sunstroke Potentially fatal condition caused by over- exposure to direct sunlight, in which the body temperature rises to 40.5°C (105°F) or more. Symptoms include hot, dry skin, exhaustion, vomiting, delirium, and coma. Urgent medical treatment is required, possibly in an intensive care unit. Recovery is usual within a day or two.

Sunstroke ★★ 1992 (R)

Seymour plays a desperate mother searching for her kidnapped child through the Arizona desert. Framed for murder, she cannot contact the police but must track the kidnappers herself, until she meets a drifter with secrets of his own. 91m/C VHS . Jane Seymour, Stephen Meadows, Steve Railsback, Ray Wise, Don Ameche; D: James Keach; W: Duane Poole.

sun·stroke / ˈsənˌstrōk/ • n. heatstroke brought about by excessive exposure to the sun.

sunstroke (sun-strohk) n. see heatstroke.