Hypothermia due to exposure to wet and cold conditions (e.g., in skiers, hunters, sailors, swimmers, climbers, the indigent, homeless persons in winter, and alcoholics) rather than diseases (e.g., sepsis or hypothyroidism).
hypothermia
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