heliosis

Definition

Sunstroke.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡλίωσις (hēlíōsis, “exposure to the sun”). By surface analysis, helio- + -osis.

Example Sentences

• "The Greeks had their helioses and the Romans their solaria; yet heliotherapy has as yet scarcely emerged from the most empiric of performances into the dignity of a scientifically justified or rationalized procedure."
• "The Greeks and Romans constructed in their homes special sun parlors (called helioses or thermae)."