hypothermia
低体温症,体温过低,低体温,体温过高
Definitions
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- : Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- : Medicine/Medical. the artificial reduction of body temperature to slow metabolic processes, as for facilitating heart surgery.
Examples
Mylar blankets help hikers ward off hypothermia in two ways.
Exposed to the elements on the roof, Pätz was trying to keep hypothermia at bay.
Other causes of death on the AT have included drowning, heart attacks, hypothermia, lightning strikes, falling trees, and getting lost.
The remaining 27 percent are the most interesting ones, attributed to non-trauma causes like altitude illness and hypothermia.
We had people dying of hypothermia in the energy capital of the world.
Last week, 18 people making the same trip died of hypothermia on the way.
One prisoner, who was left naked and shackled to a cold floor, died of suspected hypothermia.
In November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.
Rahman was later found dead, with hypothermia the suspected cause.
The hospital found hypothermia, respiratory problems and assumed a head injury.