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# hypothermia

«hypothermia» in Mova's school dictionary: **A dangerous illness when your body gets much too cold, so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (hypothermia — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A dangerous illness when your body gets much too cold, so it cannot keep its normal warm temperature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons about cold weather, swimming and the outdoors: wet clothes, wind, snow and cold water can cause hypothermia. Signs: strong shivering, slurred speech, sleepiness, clumsy hands. Help: get out of the cold, take off wet clothes, wrap in blankets, call for help. Phrases: «suffer from hypothermia», «risk of hypothermia».

### examples

- The lost hiker had hypothermia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/#x1)
- Cold water can give you hypothermia very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/#x2)
- Wear layers and a hat to avoid hypothermia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/#x3)
- Strong shivering can be a sign of hypothermia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/#x4)
- Get someone with hypothermia out of wet clothes and into a warm blanket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/#x5)
- Swimmers in cold seas wear wetsuits to stop hypothermia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. «Hypo-» means under, «therm» means heat. Opposite: heatstroke (too hot). Hypothermia is an emergency; call for help. Myth: alcohol does not warm you up.

### In the corpora

- [Getting wet and cold when lost outdoors can lead to hypothermia, when the body gets dangerously cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hypothermia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hypothermia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.