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heat cramps
plural noun
: a condition that is marked by sudden development of cramps in skeletal muscles and that results from prolonged work or exercise in high temperatures accompanied by profuse perspiration with loss of sodium chloride from the body
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Overexposure to heat can cause heat cramps and heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, can lead to heat stroke, the weather service warned.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
Comp said that mild forms of heat illness like heat cramps or even heat exhaustion can be treated by cooling and getting out of the heat.
—Amudalat Ajasa, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
Overexposure to heat can cause heat cramps and heat exhaustion to develop and, without intervention, can leadto heat stroke.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
This can lead to everything from heat cramps and dehydration to heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 15 July 2024
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First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
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“Heat cramps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20cramps. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
heat cramps
noun plural
: a condition that is marked by sudden development of cramps in skeletal muscles and that results from prolonged work or exercise in high temperatures accompanied by profuse perspiration with loss of sodium chloride from the body
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