prostration

Type of:: motility, motion, move, movement
a change of position that does not entail a change of location

Type of:: compliance, submission
the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

“the commander's prostration demoralized his men”

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; breakdown, crack-up
a mental or physical breakdown; shock
(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke
collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat; algidity
prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure; nervous breakdown
a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder; cardiogenic shock
shock caused by cardiac arrest; hypovolemic shock
shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss; obstructive shock
shock caused by obstruction of blood flow; distributive shock
shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow; insulin reaction, insulin shock
hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma; heat exhaustion, heat prostration
a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes; insolation, siriasis, sunstroke, thermic fever
sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

Type of:: illness, malady, sickness, unwellness
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

DEFINITIONS OF: prostration