3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. "A sudden prostration of strength." Arbuthnot.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
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.
PROSTYLE
Pro"style, a. Etym: [L. prostylus, Gr. prostyle.] (Arch.)
Defn: Having columns in front.
— n.
Defn: A prostyle portico or building.
PROSY
Pros"y, a. [Compar. Prosier; superl. Prosiest.]
1. Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.
2. Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.