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How to spell hypothermia

hear ithy·po·ther·mi·a/,haɪpə'θɜrmiə/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: A dangerously low body temperature condition.

In a sentence: It's important to wear warm clothes in winter to avoid hypothermia.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as hypotermia or hypotheremia.

Same family: thermal, thermometer, hypothermic, hyperthermia, thermostat. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Hypothermia” comes from Greek, where hypo- means “under” or “below” and thermē means “heat.” It literally describes a state of being “under-heated,” or having body temperature below normal.

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