sun fever

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.”