HYPOTHERMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothermia mean? 

• HYPOTHERMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOTHERMIA has 1 sense:

1. subnormal body temperature

  Familiarity information: HYPOTHERMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOTHERMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subnormal body temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypothermia" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Antonym:

hyperthermia (abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer))

Derivation:

hyperthermal (of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia)

hypothermic (of or relating to or affected by hypothermia)

 Context examples 

The result is hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature.

(Hypothermia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

For example, inducing hypothermia is a commonly used strategy to protect the brain following a traumatic injury, but the potential benefits are weighed against the potential harm from cold-induced cellular damage.

(Researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold, National Institutes of Health)

Their findings could be a step to extending storage of human donor tissues awaiting transplantation and protecting traumatic brain injury patients who undergo induced hypothermia.

(Researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold, National Institutes of Health)

Anyone who spends much time outdoors in cold weather can get hypothermia.

(Hypothermia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)