sun fever

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English

Alternative forms

sun-fever, sunfever

Noun

sun fever (countable and uncountable, plural sun fevers)

  1. A feverish condition brought on by overheating in the sun; sunstroke.
    • 1851, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal - Volume 7, page 264:
      Recently, instances of ictus soils, or solar asphyxia, as it is more correctly called, have been much less frequent; but in the mean time, cases of solar or sun fever have increased rapidly throughout the city.
    • 1898, Medical News - Volume 73, page 269:
      In malaria and sun fever the patient has frequent chills, which differ in some respects, a fact which is of great diagnostic value.
    • 2013, Carole A. Powell, Turnabout, page 31:
      Her lips were swollen real bad and it looked like she had the sun fever.
    • 2013, Alan Sorem, Time: Jesus in Relationships, page 70:
      “This is more than sun fever,” their mother said. “Help me to get his tunic off.”