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Definition of Prostration
1. Noun. An abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion. "The commander's prostration demoralized his men"
Generic synonyms: Illness, Malady, Sickness, Unwellness
Specialized synonyms: Breakdown, Crack-up, Shock, Heat Hyperpyrexia, Heatstroke, Algidity
Derivative terms: Collapse, Collapse
2. Noun. Abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body.
3. Noun. The act of assuming a prostrate position.
Definition of Prostration
1. n. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
Definition of Prostration
1. Noun. The act or condition of prostrating (lying flat) oneself, as a sign of humility. ¹
2. Noun. A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests. ¹
3. Noun. Being laid face down (prone). ¹
4. Noun. The condition of being prostrated, as from heat. ¹
5. Noun. A reverential bow performed in Middle Eastern cultures. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prostration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prostration
Literary usage of Prostration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1920)
"A. DEFINITION OF ACCIDENT The nature of an accident, with illustrative cases,
has been presented in Bulletin 81, pages 48-50. Heat prostration, frost bite, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"The severer idiopathic fevers seem to escape this complication; for, though there
is often great prostration in these diseases occurring in drunkards, ..."
3. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein, Jerome Henry Salisbury (1915)
"HEAT prostration AND SUNSTROKE ... the skin becomes pale and clammy, great
prostration ensues, the patient is restless, and may become unconscious. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"ness, together .with the great prostration and exhaustion to which he finally
succumbed, were chiefly, it' not solely, due to the same materia peccans, ..."
5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"It frequently precedes or progresses into nervous prostration. The distinction
between hysteria (qv) and neurasthenia is not always plain, ..."
6. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1873)
"The reign of Louis XIV. effected the utter paralysis and prostration of the
Catholic Reaction. The Popes prostration ..."
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