HYPOTHERMIA


Meaning of HYPOTHERMIA in English

— hypothermic , adj.

/huy'peuh therr"mee euh/ , n.

1. Pathol. subnormal body temperature.

2. Med. the artificial reduction of body temperature to slow metabolic processes, as for facilitating heart surgery.

[ 1885-90; HYPO- + THERM- + -IA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .