About The Word Insolation
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Insolation
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What's The Definition Of Insolation?
[n] therapeutic exposure to sunlight
[n] incident solar radiation [n] sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat Synonyms | Synonyms for Insolation: heliotherapy | siriasis | sunstroke | thermic fever Related Terms | Find terms related to Insolation: 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 See Also | heat hyperpyrexia | heatstroke | solar radiation | therapy Insolation In Webster's Dictionary \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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