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HYPOTHERMIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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)

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