hypothermic

Thân thiện

A hiker with hypothermic symptoms is wrapped in a thermal blanket near a campfire.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of or relating to or affected by hypothermia