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hypothermia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/
  • /ˌhaɪpəˈθɜː(ɹ)mi.ə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AY2 P AH0 TH ER1 M IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Examples

  • Hypothermia is the systemic cold injury.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: hyperthermia

2

noun

Meaning 2

subnormal body temperature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: hyperthermia

Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition

History

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine suffix”) . By surface analysis, hypo- + therm- + -ia.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: агипотермиа (agipʼotʼermja) — low body temperature
  • Afrikaans: hipotermie — low body temperature
  • Afrikaans: verkluiming — low body temperature
  • Albanian: hipotermia — low body temperature
  • Amharic: ሃይፖሰርሚያ (hayposärmiya) — low body temperature
  • Arabic: انخفاض حرارة الجسم — low body temperature
  • Armenian: հիպոթերմիա (hipotʻermia) — low body temperature
  • Azerbaijani: hipotermiya — low body temperature
  • Belarusian: гіпатэрмі́я (hipatermíja) — low body temperature
  • Belarusian: пераахаладжэ́нне (pjeraaxaladžénnje) — low body temperature
  • Belarusian: пераахаладжэньне (pjeraaxaladženʹnje) — low body temperature
  • Bengali: অবোষ্ণতা (obōśnota) — low body temperature
  • Bulgarian: хипотермия (hipotermija) — low body temperature
  • Catalan: hipotèrmia — low body temperature
  • Chinese: 失溫症 /失温症 — low body temperature
  • Chinese: 失温症 (shīwēnzhèng) — low body temperature
  • Chinese: 體溫過低 /体温过低 — low body temperature
  • Chinese: 体温过低 (tǐwēnguòdī) — low body temperature
  • Czech: podchlazení — low body temperature
  • Czech: hypotermie — low body temperature
  • Danish: hypotermi — low body temperature
  • Dutch: onderkoeling — low body temperature
  • Dutch: hypothermie — low body temperature
  • Esperanto: hipotermio — low body temperature
  • Finnish: hypotermia — low body temperature
  • Finnish: vajaalämpöisyys — low body temperature
  • Finnish: alilämpö — low body temperature
  • French: hypothermie — low body temperature
  • West-Frisian: hypotermia — low body temperature
  • Georgian: ჰიპოთერმია (hiṗotermia) — low body temperature
  • Georgian: სხეულის გადაცივება (sxeulis gadaciveba) — low body temperature
  • Georgian: ორგანიზმის გადაცივება (organizmis gadaciveba) — low body temperature
  • German: Hypothermie — low body temperature
  • German: Untertemperatur — low body temperature
  • German: Unterkühlung — low body temperature
  • Greek: υποθερμία (ypothermía) — low body temperature
  • Hindi: हाईपोथर्मिया (hāīpotharmiyā) — low body temperature
  • Hungarian: hipotermia — low body temperature
  • Icelandic: ofkæling — low body temperature
  • Indonesian: hipotermia — low body temperature
  • Interlingua: hypothermia — low body temperature
  • Irish: hipiteirme — low body temperature
  • Italian: ipotermia — low body temperature
  • Japanese: 低体温症 ハイポサーミア (teitaionshō) — low body temperature
  • Karekare: hipotermiya — low body temperature
  • Korean: 저체온증 (jeoche'onjeung) — low body temperature
  • Northern Kurdish: hîpotermî — low body temperature
  • Latin: hypothermīa — low body temperature
  • Māori: hauaitu — low body temperature
  • Māori: hauhauaitu — low body temperature
  • Nepali: हाइपोथर्मिया (hāipotharmiyā) — low body temperature
  • Odia: ଅଳ୍ପତାପ (aḷpatāpa) — low body temperature
  • Polish: hipotermia — low body temperature
  • Polish: wychłodzenie — low body temperature
  • Portuguese: hipotermia — low body temperature
  • Punjabi: ਹਾਈਪੋਥਰਮੀਆ (hāīpothramīā) — low body temperature
  • Romanian: hipotermie — low body temperature
  • Russian: гипотерми́я (gipotermíja) — low body temperature
  • Russian: переохлажде́ние (pereoxlaždénije) — low body temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: hipotermija — low body temperature
  • Slovak: hypotermia — low body temperature
  • Slovene: hipotermija — low body temperature
  • Slovene: podhladitev — low body temperature
  • Spanish: hipotermia — low body temperature
  • Swedish: hypotermi — low body temperature
  • Turkish: hipotermi — low body temperature
  • Turkish: hipotermiya — low body temperature
  • Ukrainian: гіпотермі́я (hipotermíja) — low body temperature
  • Ukrainian: переохоло́дження (pereoxolódžennja) — low body temperature
  • Vietnamese: hạ thân nhiệt — low body temperature
  • Zazaki: hipotermi — low body temperature