What it means
An everyday and older medical word for lying stretched out face down on the ground, or for being so weak or exhausted that one cannot get up ("prostrate with heat"). Heat prostration is an old name for heat exhaustion. It is often confused with prostatePROS-taytA walnut-sized gland below the bladder in males that surrounds the urethra and makes part of the fluid in semen.Full entry , the gland, which has no second r.
Remember it
Prostrate has an extra r, like "r" for "resting face down".
At a glance
| Spanish | postrado |
|---|---|
| Also written | prostration |
Easy to confuse with
prostate
A walnut-sized gland below the bladder in males that surrounds the urethra and makes part of the fluid in semen.