hypothermia

hy·po·ther·mi·a

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahy-puh-thur-mee-uh]
- /ˌhaɪ pəˈθɜr mi ə/
- /ˌhaɪ.pəˈθɜː.mi.ə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahy-puh-thur-mee-uh]
- /ˌhaɪ pəˈθɜr mi ə/

Definitions of hypothermia word

noun hypothermia Pathology. subnormal body temperature. 1
noun hypothermia Medicine/Medical. the artificial reduction of body temperature to slow metabolic processes, as for facilitating heart surgery. 1
noun hypothermia The condition of having an abnormally low body temperature, typically one that is dangerously low. 1
noun hypothermia dangerously low body temperature 1
uncountable noun hypothermia If someone has hypothermia, their body temperature has become dangerously low as a result of being in severe cold for a long time. 0
noun hypothermia an abnormally low body temperature, as induced in the elderly by exposure to cold weather 0

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Origin of hypothermia

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90; hypo- + therm- + -ia

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Parts of speech for Hypothermia

noun

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hypothermia popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

hypothermia usage trend in Literature

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