therapeutic hypothermia; induced hypothermia
Medical technique of deliberately lowering body temperature for therapeutic purposes, such as after cardiac arrest or during certain surgeries.
Therapeutic hypothermia was applied to the patient after cardiac arrest.
Induced hypothermia is sometimes used for brain protection.
Refers to the state of low body temperature itself, not the therapeutic procedure.
Hypothermia as a medical condition, often accidental, not the induced therapeutic method.
Compound of 低 (low) + 体温 (body temperature) + 法 (method). A straightforward medical term.