hypothermic
Definition
- Adjective:
- Relating to or affected by hypothermia: Describes a state or condition characterized by an abnormally low body temperature.
Usage
- The word "hypothermic" is used to describe a person, animal, or condition where the core body temperature has dropped dangerously below the normal range.
- It is primarily a medical or clinical term.
Examples
- The rescue team found the lost hiker hypothermic and shivering violently.
- Hypothermic patients require careful, gradual rewarming.
- The study compared recovery rates in hypothermic and normothermic patients.
Advanced Usage
- "Profoundly hypothermic": Used to emphasize an extremely severe state of low body temperature.
- The swimmer, rescued from the icy water, was profoundly hypothermic.
- In medical literature, it can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "was" or "became").
Variants and Related Words
- Hypothermia (n): The condition of having an abnormally low body temperature.
- Exposure to cold water can lead to hypothermia.
- Normothermic (adj): Having a normal body temperature.
Synonyms
- Cold-stressed: (Less clinical) Experiencing harmful effects from cold.
- Suffering from hypothermia: A descriptive phrase with the same meaning.
Antonyms
- Normothermic: Having a normal body temperature.
- Hyperthermic: Having an abnormally high body temperature.
- Febrile: Relating to or characterized by fever.
Adjective
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of or relating to or affected by hypothermia
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