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hypothermic

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[hahy-poh-thurm-ik, hahy-puh-] / ˌhaɪ poʊˈθɜrm ɪk, ˌhaɪ pə- /

adjective

  1. relating to or experiencing hypothermia.

  2. lukewarm, especially of a bath or pool.


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For example, Zeleznikow-Johnston pointed out that hospitals already widely use deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, or induced hypothermia.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

Just a day before, rangers had to rescue a 23-year-old skier from Kentucky who became hypothermic after he fell and hit his head while skiing the Ammonoosuc Ravine on Mount Washington.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2024

“We figured he had maybe an hour left. He was very hypothermic and said he had been drinking a lot of salt water.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

Overnight, Mitchell became hypothermic, and by the time officers took him to a hospital on Jan. 26, his body temperature was 72 degrees, his mother alleges in the complaint.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

There is scarcely an instance of hypothermic death that isn’t in some measure mysterious and improbable.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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