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heliosis en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Sunstroke.
2. (uncountable, usually) Sunburn.
3. (uncountable, usually) Exposure to the sun.
4. (uncountable, usually) Scorching of plants by the sun.
5. (historical, uncountable, usually) A sunroom or solarium of the Ancient Greeks.
   • The Greeks and Romans constructed in their homes special sun parlors (called helioses or thermae). 1933, Frank Hammond Krusen, Light Therapy, page 4:
   • 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. 1925, Hobart Amory Hare, Progressive Medicine, page 219:

Forms

Deriveds

dermatoheliosis

Translations (2)

fi helioosi (sunstroke) · bg слънчев удар (sunstroke)