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hypothermia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌhaɪpəˈθɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine suffix”) . By surface analysis, hypo- + therm- + -ia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.
   • The stages of hypothermia begin when the body is losing heat faster than it can produce it. 2015 January 7, Ashley Fantz, “Cold casualty: What to know about hypothermia”, in CNN:
   • So far, extracorporeal temperature rise during COR had been limited to 20°C, as perfusion solutions had been used that were specifically designed for organ protection at hypothermia and might become inappropriate perfusates at increasing temperatures. 2017 September 4, Charlotte von Horn, Hideo A. Baba, Patrik Hannaert, Thierry Hauet, Henri Leuvenink, Andreas Paul, Thomas Minor, “Controlled oxygenated rewarming up to normothermia for pretransplant reconditioning of liver grafts”, in Clinical Transportation, volume 31, number 11, →DOI, page 2:
   • Hypothermia is the systemic cold injury.

Forms

Antonyms

hyperthermia

Deriveds

clinical hypothermia · secondary hypothermia · primary hypothermia · hypothermic

Descendants

ハイポサーミア · hipotermiya

Relateds

frostbite

Translations (71)

ab агипотермиа (low body temperature) · kmr hîpotermî (low body temperature) · mi hauhauaitu (low body temperature) · az hipotermiya (low body temperature) · fi hypotermia (low body temperature) · ne हाइपोथर्मिया (low body temperature) · nl hypothermie (low body temperature) · zh 失温症 (low body temperature) · zza hipotermi (low body temperature) · sl hipotermija (low body temperature) · hy հիպոթերմիա (low body temperature) · fy hypotermia (low body temperature) · tr hipotermiya (low body temperature) · zh 失溫症 /失温症 (low body temperature) · cs hypotermie (low body temperature) · fr hypothermie (low body temperature) · fi alilämpö (low body temperature) · be гіпатэрмі́я (low body temperature) · uk гіпотермі́я (low body temperature) · nl onderkoeling (low body temperature) · ko 저체온증 (low body temperature) · it ipotermia (low body temperature) · am ሃይፖሰርሚያ (low body temperature) · sq hipotermia (low body temperature) · zh 體溫過低 /体温过低 (low body temperature) · cs podchlazení (low body temperature) · ga hipiteirme (low body temperature) · ja 低体温症 ハイポサーミア (low body temperature) · ka ჰიპოთერმია (low body temperature) · id hipotermia (low body temperature) · vi hạ thân nhiệt (low body temperature) · de Untertemperatur (low body temperature) · ca hipotèrmia (low body temperature) · sk hypotermia (low body temperature) · de Unterkühlung (low body temperature) · bg хипотермия (low body temperature) · kai hipotermiya (low body temperature) · ar انخفاض حرارة الجسم (low body temperature) · eo hipotermio (low body temperature) · zh 体温过低 (low body temperature) · be пераахаладжэ́нне (low body temperature) · ru гипотерми́я (low body temperature) · pa ਹਾਈਪੋਥਰਮੀਆ (low body temperature) · ro hipotermie (low body temperature) · hi हाईपोथर्मिया (low body temperature) · fi vajaalämpöisyys (low body temperature) · af hipotermie (low body temperature) · de Hypothermie (low body temperature) · el υποθερμία (low body temperature) · mi hauaitu (low body temperature) · da hypotermi (low body temperature) · ka ორგანიზმის გადაცივება (low body temperature) · pl hipotermia (low body temperature) · es hipotermia (low body temperature) · sh hipotermija (low body temperature) · la hypothermīa (low body temperature) · hu hipotermia (low body temperature) · sv hypotermi (low body temperature) · uk переохоло́дження (low body temperature) · pt hipotermia (low body temperature) · bn অবোষ্ণতা (low body temperature) · ka სხეულის გადაცივება (low body temperature) · be пераахаладжэньне (low body temperature) · is ofkæling (low body temperature) · sl podhladitev (low body temperature) · tr hipotermi (low body temperature) · or ଅଳ୍ପତାପ (low body temperature) · ia hypothermia (low body temperature) · ru переохлажде́ние (low body temperature) · pl wychłodzenie (low body temperature) · af verkluiming (low body temperature)