Can Drugs Make Your Body Overheat? The medical term for a potentially fatal increase in average temperature across the body and specifically in the brain is called hyperthermia. The risk of hyperthermia is significantly higher in people who engage in the use of stimulant drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA or Ecstasy.
Definitions for faltering. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word faltering. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering(adj) the act of pausing uncertainly. there was a hesitation in his speech. faltering(adj) unsteady in speech or action.
Stagger, reel, totter suggest an unsteady manner of walking. To stagger is successively to lose and regain one's equilibrium and the ability to maintain one's direction: to stagger with exhaustion, a heavy load, or intoxication. To reel is to sway dizzily and be in imminent danger of falling: to reel when faint with hunger.