hypothermia

[hahy-puh-thur-mee-uh]

noun

Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
Medicine/Medical. the artificial reduction of body temperature to slow metabolic processes, as for facilitating heart surgery.

Origin of hypothermia

First recorded in 1885–90; hypo- + therm- + -ia

Related formshy·po·ther·mic, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of hypothermia

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British Dictionary definitions for hypothermia

hypothermia

noun

pathol an abnormally low body temperature, as induced in the elderly by exposure to cold weather
med the intentional reduction of normal body temperature, as by ice packs, to reduce the patient's metabolic rate: performed esp in heart and brain surgery

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Word Origin and History for hypothermia

1877, Modern Latin, from hypo- "under" (see hypo-) + Greek therme "heat" (see thermal).

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