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Overexertion

noun
1.
Excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results.





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"Overexertion" Quotes from Famous Books



... me, after I fell from the ladder; and then they left us and we swam ashore. But long before we got there I fainted, and he brought me in, all the way, though he was nearly dead of exhaustion himself. He had hemorrhage from overexertion, and afterward a chill. And now ...
— The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
... is generally due to overexertion and exposure to extreme heat or cold. It may occur if the animal is exercised when sick or exhausted. Hogs that are heated from exercise and allowed access to cold water, may suffer from a congestion or engorgement of ...
— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.
... urination have been connected definitely with the function of the pituitary. The other pituitary disturbances which tinctured his life were certain "brain storms," attacks of vomiting followed by "stupor verging on unconsciousness" brought on by outbursts of temper, physical overexertion, mental strain, or sexual excitement. It has been shown that such epileptic tendencies are present in subjects of pituitary disease, particularly those with pituitary instability. In Napoleon's case the brain attacks may have been crises of pituitary insufficiency in a ...
— The Glands Regulating Personality • Louis Berman, M.D.


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