Hypothermic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hypothermic is an adjective meaning Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
Meaning
Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
Example Sentences
The survivors of the shipwreck quickly became hypothermic.
He [Dean Karnazes] has been hypothermic and watched his fingers turn blue, and said he will not let that happen anymore.
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)
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypovolemic, cold, forcible, forced, hypoemic, hypovolaemic.
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