hypothermic

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adjective

Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.

“The survivors of the shipwreck quickly became hypothermic.”

UncommonScrabble 26

Meanings

adjectivehypothermic (comparative more hypothermic, superlative most hypothermic)

comparative more hypothermic · superlative most hypothermic

  1. Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.

    The survivors of the shipwreck quickly became hypothermic.

    2 more examples

    It was found that brief hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HMP) prior to organ transplantation significantly improves organ integrity and leads to decreased numbers of cases of post-transplantation graft dys- and nonfunction.^(7,8)

    2017 September 4, Charlotte von Horn, Hideo A. Baba, Patrik Hannaert, Thierry Hauet, Henri Leuvenink, Andreas Paul, Thomas Minor, “Controlled oxygenated rewarming up to normothermia for pretransplant reconditioning of liver grafts”, in Clinical Transportation, volume 31, number 11, →DOI, page 2

    He [Dean Karnazes] has been hypothermic and watched his fingers turn blue, and said he will not let that happen anymore.

    2021 May 25, Matthew Futterman, “‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 May 2021

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Englishhypothermic

From hypo- + -thermic.

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Translations

Finnish alilämpöinen
  • alilämpöinenaffected by hypothermia
French hypothermique
  • hypothermiqueaffected by hypothermia
German hypothermisch
  • hypothermischaffected by hypothermia
Irish hipiteirmeach
  • hipiteirmeachaffected by hypothermia
Romanian hipotermic
  • hipotermicaffected by hypothermia
Russian гипотерми́ческий
  • гипотерми́ческий (gipotermíčeskij)affected by hypothermia
Spanish hipotérmico
  • hipotérmicoaffected by hypothermia
Turkish hipotermik
  • hipotermikaffected by hypothermia
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APA

hypothermic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypothermic

MLA

“hypothermic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypothermic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypothermic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypothermic.

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