hypothermia
/ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/
hypothermia noun: abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.
Noun
hypothermia (countable and uncountable, plural hypothermias)
- Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.
- Hypothermia is the systemic cold injury.
- 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
- Antonyms:
- hyperthermia
hypothermia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hypothermia in Hindi
- low body temperature
- हाईपोथर्मिया hāīpotharmiyā
hypothermia in Tamil
- செயற்கை உடல் வெப்பக் குறைப்பு, குறை வெப்பம், தாழவெப்பம், தாழ்வெப்பநிலை, வெப்பக் குறை
hypothermia in Marathi
- हायपोथर्मिया, हाइपोथर्मिया
hypothermia in Urdu
- ہائپوتھرمیا, ہایپوتھرمیا, ہائپوترمیا
More languagesFewer languages
- hypothermia in Bengali
- অবোষ্ণতা obōśnota
- hypothermia in Telugu
- హైపోథర్మియా
- hypothermia in Malayalam
- ഹൈപ്പോതെർമിയ, ഹൈപ്പോതർമിയ
- hypothermia in Kannada
- ಲಘು ಉಷ್ಣತೆ
- hypothermia in Punjabi
- ਹਾਈਪੋਥਰਮੀਆ hāīpothramīā
- hypothermia in Gujarati
- હાયપોથર્મિયા, હાઇપોથર્મિયા
- hypothermia in Odia
- ଅଳ୍ପତାପ aḷpatāpa
- hypothermia in Nepali
- हाइपोथर्मिया hāipotharmiyā
- hypothermia in Arabic
- انخفاض حرارة الجسم
- hypothermia in Indonesian
- hipotermia
- hypothermia in Vietnamese
- hạ thân nhiệt
Antonyms of hypothermia
Forms of hypothermia
| plural | hypothermias |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete, rare) | hypothermy |
Origin of hypothermia
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine suffix”) . By surface analysis, hypo- + therm- + -ia.
Words formed from hypothermia
Questions about hypothermia
- What does hypothermia mean?
- Hypothermia means abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.
- What is hypothermia in Hindi?
- Hypothermia in Hindi is हाईपोथर्मिया (hāīpotharmiyā). See Hypothermia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hypothermia?
- Hypothermia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hypothermia?
- Hypothermia is pronounced /ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/.
- What is the plural of hypothermia?
- The plural of hypothermia is hypothermias.
Words near hypothermia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypothermia (page history and authors); hypothermia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypothermia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hypothermia (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hypothermia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hypothermia (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hypothermia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypothermia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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