prostration
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ʃən noun
1.
the act of prostrating.
2.
the state of being prostrated.
3.
extreme mental or emotional depression or dejection: nervous prostration.
4.
extreme physical weakness or exhaustion: heat prostration.
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World English Dictionary
| prostrate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | lying with the face downwards, as in submission |
| 2. | exhausted physically or emotionally |
| 3. | helpless or defenceless |
| 4. | (of a plant) growing closely along the ground |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to bow or cast (oneself) down, as in submission |
| 6. | to lay or throw down flat, as on the ground |
| 7. | to make helpless or defenceless |
| 8. | to make exhausted |
| [C14: from Latin prōsternere to throw to the ground, from prō- before + sternere to lay low] | |
| pros'tration | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
prostration pros·tra·tion (prŏ-strā'shən)
n.
Total exhaustion or weakness; collapse.
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Example sentences
As well, heat within the pipe run may cause the worker to suffer heat prostration.
Symptoms include high fever, prostration, and weight loss.
Alert staff to the signs, symptoms and consequences of heat prostration, heat stroke and heat cramps.
One guardsman was treated and released at the hospital and another was admitted with heat prostration.
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