sīrĭăsis, is, f., = σειρίασις,
an inflammatory disease of children , siriasis , occasioned by excessive heat of the sun, Plin. 30, 15, 47, § 135; 32, 10, 48, § 138; 22, 21, 29, § 59.
·noun A <<Sunstroke>>. II. Siriasis ·noun The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] ·cf. <<Insolati...
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