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Kotow :: Kotow (n.) The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings..

Indicate :: Indicate (v. t.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants..

Typhus :: Typhus (n.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail..

Sun-struck :: Sunstroke (n.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil..

Prostration :: Prostration (n.) 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..

Septicaemia :: Septicaemia (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs..

Prostration :: Prostration (n.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor..

Seasickness :: Seasickness (n.) The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel..

Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits..

Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body..

Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.

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