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Definition of: hypothermia
(hī′pō·thûr′mē·ə, hip′ō-) noun Med.
1. An abnormally low temperature.
2. Therapeutic anesthesia produced by gradually reducing body temperature to as low as 75° F.; frozen sleep. Also hy′po·ther′my, [<HYPO- + Gk. thermē heat]
—hy′po·ther′·mal adjective
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