hypothermia
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- noun
- /ˌhaɪpəˈθɜrmiə/
- Specialized
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hipotermia
- Many outdoor enthusiasts learn how to recognize the symptoms of hypothermia during cold-weather training.
- hypothermia-related
- avoid hypothermia
- die of hypothermia
I'm just it's I'm curious if now she's going to get hypothermia because she's hairless.
- I'm just it's I'm curious if now she's going to get hypothermia because she's hairless.
- And, you know, and by the way, dying from or dying from, yeah, from hypothermia, it ain't cool.
- Huge risk for both infection and hypothermia.
- Well next day it started snowing and Vince died of hypothermia right next to us and we had the same clothes.
- So besides drugs that were tried, another method of protecting the brain was tried called mild hypothermia.
- Each intramuscular vessel was sutured with fine vascular stitches while the anesthesia staff rotated warm blankets on his torso to ward off hypothermia.
- Now I got sunburn with hypothermia, which you mentioned.
- I saw Maura in this flimsy little thing and she's like doing the whole shake thing like she's got hypothermia.
- So you're going to get hypothermia, dehydration, so the amount of fluid you won't be able to keep in your body and infections, too.
- OK, I'm I'm a professor and you're at my office hours and I've given you the PSAT question relating to hypothermia.
Examples
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We were weak and in shock from the onset of hypothermia, but the only way out was up.
Fiction book (2002) -
He died that night of hypothermia.
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At that altitude, without a down bag, they could be dead of hypothermia by morning.
Fiction book (1999) -
Of these, 12 resulted from cold exposure, with hypothermia listed as the cause of death.
Academic text (2003) -
The other man was damp, cold to the touch, and dropping into hypothermia.
Fiction book (2000) -
And we now routinely use hypothermia for people who have had cardiac arrests for any reason.
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Thirteen of the 14 cold injury deaths were due to hypothermia; 11 of these occurred in males.
Academic text (2003) -
Ed is recovering from hypothermia and is severely bruised as well.
Fiction book (1997) -
But in water that cold, the hypothermia will slow down his metabolic functions and buy us time to revive him.
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I was asleep, on the verge of hypothermia, when a state trooper knocked on my car window.
Fiction book (2002)
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A very high body temperature that can be dangerous and needs quick medical help
How Hot
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hypothermia = hypo + therm + ia
Although the term is built from classical elements meaning 'under' and 'heat/temperature', the medical sense 'abnormally low body temperature' is specialized and not directly predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Hypothermia comes from two Greek parts: hypo- meaning 'under' and thermia meaning 'heat', and you can see the same 'therm' in thermometer and thermal. So, hypothermia is when the body's heat is 'under' normal and the body becomes very cold.