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hyperthermia is when you have an unusually high body temperature and hypothermia is when you have a really cold body tmperature

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They are the opposite extremes of temperature conditions. With hyperthermia, it's like heat exhaustion, and hypothermia is when you get too cold.

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What is the opposite of hyperthermia?

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What is the antonym for hypothermia?

hyperthermia.


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