Examples of hypothermia in a Sentence
She fell into the cold water and nearly died from hypothermia.
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Cover exposed skin to reduce your risk of frostbite or hypothermia.
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Afraid of hypothermia, icy roads?How to stay safe during snow storms.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Hundreds of sea turtles are now washing up on Massachusetts beaches, cold-stunned and suffering from life-threatening conditions including hypothermia, pneumonia, dehydration, sepsis or traumatic injuries, according to a New England Aquarium statement published on Monday.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Emergency crews found the skier using GPS coordinates from their phone and treated them for multiple injuries, including mild hypothermia, before evacuating them using a rescue toboggan and rope system.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Afraid of hypothermia, icy roads?How to stay safe during snow storms.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Hundreds of sea turtles are now washing up on Massachusetts beaches, cold-stunned and suffering from life-threatening conditions including hypothermia, pneumonia, dehydration, sepsis or traumatic injuries, according to a New England Aquarium statement published on Monday.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Emergency crews found the skier using GPS coordinates from their phone and treated them for multiple injuries, including mild hypothermia, before evacuating them using a rescue toboggan and rope system.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Hypothermia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypothermia. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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hypothermia
noun
hy·po·ther·mia
ˌhī-pō-ˈthər-mē-ə 
: reduction of the body temperature to an abnormally low level
Medical Definition
hypothermia
noun
hy·po·ther·mia
-ˈthər-mē-ə
: subnormal temperature of the body
hypothermia, defined as temperature under 36.6°C—Emergency Medicine
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