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Subnormal body temperature
Answer for the clue "Subnormal body temperature ", 11 letters:
hypothermia
Word definitions for hypothermia in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35°C
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1877, Modern Latin, from hypo- "under" (see hypo- ) + Greek therme "heat" (see thermal ) + abstract noun ending -ia .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below . Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia there is shivering and mental confusion . In moderate hypothermia shivering stops and confusion increases. In severe hypothermia there may ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. subnormal body temperature [ant: hyperthermia ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB die ▪ Detectives working on the case are working on the theory that they died of hypothermia or suffocation or a combination of both. ▪ At first the police treated his death as suspicious, but a postmortem has now revealed ...
Usage examples of hypothermia.
Whatever the effects of hypothermia, she seemed to have gotten off lightly, she felt incredibly good.
My understanding of hypothermia is that drinking cold liquids while the body is exposed to severe cold can lower the body temperature.
After flirting with death from hypothermia Sunday night in that icebox of a cave, I told myself I could not take the chance of exposing myself to frozen rock unless I could start a fire or devise a method to insulate myself.
Once hypothermia develops, the heat deficit is shared by two body compartments, the shell and the core.
I felt a few signs of mild hypothermia on Sunday afternoon when I stopped to rest.
For mild hypothermia there are several simple external body-rewarming methods that I could use if I had some additional camping gear or if I could start a fire.
Wave has the tarps, the plane cover, fuel, and a lighter, he might have been able to treat his second-stage hypothermia and prevent his body temperature from further declining.
The hypothermia treatment in the hot springs has arrested the nasty constant shivers that accompanied me for the last five days.
With my body still suffering from hypothermia, I focus on slurping the hot soup, trying to warm my inners while fighting occasional urges to cry.
Mike Bryant remembered hypothermia, and the level of pain you felt as it came on.
His flulike symptoms from his bout with hypothermia were almost completely gone.
She knew that drowsiness was a companion of hypothermia, that dozing off would invite deeper unconsciousness and ultimately death.
But when the body was deprived of oxygenated blood for an extended period, even with the protection of hypothermia, huge pools of free radicals were created in excess of anything the body had to deal with normally.
The local hospital kept her overnight for observation, and I think they had to treat her for hypothermia, but she went home with us the next morning.
They rushed her to the hospital and treated her for hypothermia, but she was released the next morning.