prostration (redirected from Prostrations)

prostration /pros·tra·tion/ (pros-tra´shun) extreme exhaustion or lack of energy or power.

---

heat prostration  see under exhaustion.

---

pros·tra·tion (pr-strshn)

n.

Total exhaustion or weakness; collapse.

---

prostration

[prostrā′shən]

Etymology: L, prosternere, to throw down

1 a condition of extreme exhaustion and inability to exert oneself further, as in heat prostration or nervous prostration.

2 lying face down in front of something or someone to show reverence. prostrate, adj.

---

prostration

extreme exhaustion, or lack of energy or power.

---

heat prostration

a condition caused by exposure to excessive heat. See also heat1 exhaustion.