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Meaning of heliosis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Sunstroke.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Sunburn.
    uncountable, usually
  3. Exposure to the sun.
    uncountable, usually
  4. Scorching of plants by the sun.
    uncountable, usually
  5. A sunroom or solarium of the Ancient Greeks.
    historical, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Suomi helioosi

Examples

“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.”
“The Greeks and Romans constructed in their homes special sun parlors (called helioses or thermae).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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