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noun
The act or status of standing upright.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: sciences
Synonyms: orthostatism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of orthostatic hypotension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, especially, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3erdh-der. Proto-Hellenic *orthwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English stasis English orthostasis From ortho- + stasis.
