heat cramps
plural nounDefinition of heat cramps
: 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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The first known use of heat cramps was in 1938
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