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prostration
(encz) | prostration,úpadek n: Zdeněk Brož |
prostration
(encz) | prostration,vyčerpání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Prostration
(gcide) | Prostration \Pros*tra"tion\, n. [L. prostratio: cf. F.
prostration.]
1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as,
the prostration of the body.
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2. The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or
adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but
usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and
worship.
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A greater prostration of reason than of body.
--Shak.
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3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression;
lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. "A sudden
prostration of strength." --Arbuthnot.
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4. (Med.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital
energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
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Note: Prostration, in its medical use, is analogous to the
state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is
incapable of action; while exhaustion is analogous to
the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers.
The word, however, is often used to denote any great
depression of the vital powers.
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prostration
(wn) | prostration
n 1: an abrupt failure of function or complete physical
exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his
men" [syn: collapse, prostration]
2: abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating
your body
3: the act of assuming a prostrate position |
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