hippus

[ hip-uhs ]

nounMedicine/Medical.

spasmodic contraction of the pupil of the eye.

Origin of hippus

¹

1675–85; <New Latin <Greek híppos horse, complaint of the eye

Other definitions for -hippus (2 of 2)

-hippus

variant of hippo- as final element of compounds: eohippus.

Origin of -hippus

²

<Latin <Greek -hippos

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How to use hippus in a sentence

What may have been the original of the term Hippa, and hippus, will be matter of future disquisition.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) | Jacob Bryant
hippus had never been a model of manly beauty, but to-day he was positively uncanny.
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And though I am not quite sure how hippus will take it, I am inclined to believe it will perplex him.
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As soon as hippus felt the cold on his boot, he stood still and cried out, "Water!"
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Changing his mode of attack, he suddenly asked, "Do you know a certain hippus?"
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