a medical condition in which the body temperature is much lower than normal 低體溫;低溫 Elderly people may die of hypothermia if they cannot afford to heat their homes. 如果老年人負擔不起家中的取暖費用,他們可能會死於體溫過低。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from hypo- ‘below’ + Greek thermē ‘heat’.