If someone has hypothermia, their body temperature has become dangerously low as a result of being in severe cold for a long time.
[medicine]
hypothermia in British English
(ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜːmɪə)
noun
1. pathology
an abnormally low body temperature, as induced in elderly people by exposure to cold weather
2. medicine
the intentional reduction of normal body temperature, as by ice packs, to reduce the patient's metabolic rate: performed esp in heart and brain surgery
hypothermia in American English
(ˌhaɪpoʊˈθɜrmiə; ˌhaɪpəˈθɜrmiə)
noun
a subnormal body temperature
Word origin
ModL < hypo- + Gr thermē, heat: see warm
Examples of 'hypothermia' in a sentence
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He was flown to hospital suffering from mild hypothermia.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Three of the men were suffering from hypothermia.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One of the occupants was suffering a fit, an elderly man had high blood pressure and others were suffering from hypothermia, police said.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The driver and another female passenger were kept in hospital overnight suffering from hypothermia and shock.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is understood some had minor injuries or mild hypothermia.
The Sun (2009)
The couple were suffering from hypothermia but were discharged from hospital yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His smart suit was soaked and he was suffering from hypothermia.
The Sun (2014)
But then the diver suffered a heart attack and three other rescuers had to go to hospital suffering from hypothermia.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We tried not to get hypothermia.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He died of exposure and hypothermia.
Christianity Today (2000)
He was unconscious and suffering hypothermia.
The Sun (2010)
He was beginning to suffer hypothermia.
The Sun (2012)
The next warning sign is shivering, the most obvious symptom of mild hypothermia.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Three of the passengers were suffering from hypothermia and had to be clad in thermal blankets and fed hot drinks until they recovered.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There is a risk of you suffering hypothermia, a heart attack or a stroke.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
All were suffering from hypothermia and taken to hospital in Calais.
The Sun (2015)
He held on to a mooring buoy for 20 minutes until rescuers hauled him out with mild hypothermia.
The Sun (2008)
She suffered extreme hypothermia while lying injured in the shaft, had a heart attack and died in hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They are suffering from hypothermia.
The Sun (2011)
We couldn't stop because we'd all get hypothermia.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Climb aboard without getting wet, you're less likely to get hypothermia.
The Sun (2015)
And trying not to get hypothermia' Difficulty rating?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The TA team also spent the night treating women in skimpy outfits who were suffering from hypothermia as temperatures reached minus three.