Noun : nervous prostration. ,heat prostration. From Dictionary.com.
The merchant was tympanitic from the first day of his prostration, which is not usual. From Wordnik.com. [Appendicitis] Reference
I know, because in my own case, after a day or two of what you might call prostration, I began to recover. From Wordnik.com. [My Man Jeeves] Reference
What honour he offered to the angel: He fell at his feet, to worship him; this prostration was a part of external worship, it was a posture of proper adoration. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
First we practice preliminaries such as prostration and, especially, guru-yoga and making heartfelt requests for inspiration. From Wordnik.com. [The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� 5 The Deeper Levels of Mahamudra Meditation] Reference
His humble brethren in prostration fall. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Joseph: A Poem] Reference
No sooner had her head touched it, than she sank into that deep sleep of prostration which is more like a swoon than a slumber. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel As The Grave] Reference
"I know I shall have nervous prostration at this rate.". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
His handlers insist he was suffering from heat prostration. From Wordnik.com. [Puncher Vs. Preacher] Reference
We hear much of nervous prostration as an American disease. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
You have nervous prostration written big all over your face. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
Rarely there are high fever, delirium, and great prostration. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
He waits in a state of nervous prostration on a wooden bench at. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Compare it with heat prostration, and note the marked differences. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
These are general dulness, stiffness, prostration and loss of appetite. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
French alliance, which must be begun at once by prostration and ingratitude. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Over-stimulation will bring on indigestion; and prostration will follow that. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Marked prostration and weak pulse with cold hands and feet are characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Quick prostration follows all effort, excepting when she is fired by excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
I remained in a state of utter prostration and apparent insensibility until morning. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
I was much distressed by a bitter nausea in my mouth and sudden prostration of strength. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
"Well, getting nervous prostration under water would be a very bad idea," commented Betty. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
Ushers and medical volunteers are taking classes to recognize symptoms of heat prostration. From Wordnik.com. [Is Atlanta Ready Yet?] Reference
Why, last night mother nearly had nervous prostration because I was practicing up in my room. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
= -- There are two very distinct types of sunstroke: (1) Heat exhaustion or heat prostration. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
A number of banks collapsed in 1814, and business prostration was prolonged for several years. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Its first effect upon men just emerging from a bracing Northern winter was akin to prostration. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
While in this state of general prostration symptoms of pulmonary disease began to show themselves. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
Dorothy lively, she was actually threatened with nervous prostration, and think, how lively I did keep her?. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
Nervous prostration comes from unreasonable taxation of the brain oftener than from real, systematic study. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
I can't have been very well lately, and that accounts for my apparent prostration and uncalled-for nervousness. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Her delicate nature sank beneath the fury of such an ordeal, and this last heavy blow completed her prostration. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
But her face was white, and even Belle and Bess who had risen from prostration to over-joy could not be deceived. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
On examination I found him still affected with these symptoms, and that there was a great prostration of strength. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
The applicant for work is usually thrown into a state of nervous prostration by the difficulties that beset his task. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914] Reference
But with irregular periodicity the blinding, prostrating headaches would return -- a week of pain, nausea and prostration. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Desmond O'Connor was lying in a peaceful doze, low in the bed, in the prostration that had followed a period of wild delirium. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
If prostration follows, give two teaspoonfuls of whisky in wineglass of hot water from time to time, if repetition is necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
He fell into a sort of apathy which resulted in a partial derangement of his mind, and finally in the complete prostration of his system. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
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