| accidental hypothermia | Unintentional decrease in body temperature, especially in the newborn, infants, and elderly, particularly during operations. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| regional hypothermia | Reduction of the temperature of an extremity or organ by external cold or perfusion with cold blood or solutions. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| moderate hypothermia | A body temperature of 23-32캜. Induced by surface cooling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| profound hypothermia | A body temperature of 12-20캜. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypothermia | <physiology> A low body temperature, as that due to exposure in cold weather or a state of low temperature of the body induced as a means of decreasing metabolism of tissues and thereby the need for oxygen, as used in various surgical procedures, especially on the heart or in an excised organ being preserved for transplantation. Origin: Gr. Therm = heat (11 Jan 1998) |
| hypothermia, induced | Abnormally low body temperature intentionally induced in warm-blooded animals by artificial means. (12 Dec 1998) |
| total body hypothermia | The deliberate reduction of total body temperature, in order to reduce tissue metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accidental | Happening unexpectedly or by chance. (18 Nov 1997) |
| accidental abortion | Abortion due to a fall, blow, or other injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accidental falls | Falls due to slipping or tripping which result in injury. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accidental host | One that harbors an organism which usually does not infect it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accidental image | Continuation of visual impression after cessation of stimuli causing the original image. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accidental murmur | An evanescent cardiac murmur not due to valvular lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accidental symptom | Any morbid phenomenon coincidentally occurring in the course of a disease, but having no relation with it. (05 Mar 2000) |