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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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He had stopped breathing and was hypothermic but went on to make a full recovery, including resuming his diving job and marrying his fiancee.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

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

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

If the Titan’s batteries run down and are no longer able to run heaters that keep the occupants warm in the freezing deep, the people inside can become hypothermic and the situation eventually becomes unsurvivable.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 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

His thin shirt has split at the seams and he gazes into some middle distance with hypothermic slackness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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