hypo
1to administer a hypodermic injection to.
to stimulate by or as if by administering a hypodermic injection.
to increase, boost, or augment: to hypo the car's power by installing a bigger engine.
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a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “under” (hypostasis); on this model used, especially as opposed to hyper-, in the formation of compound words (hypothyroid).
Origin of hypo-
4- Also especially before a vowel, hyp- .
Words that may be confused with hypo-
- hyper-, hypo-
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How to use hypo in a sentence
Lincoln would endure bout after bout of the hypos, until a permanent sadness settled onto his sallow face.
Making Lincoln Sexy: Jerome Charyn’s Fictional President | Tom LeClair | March 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo while I was pleasantly occupied in ogling, Farrow slipped two more hypos out from under her clothing.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithWell, sir, I had to give her three hypos before I could take her along.
Out of the Ashes | Ethel Watts Mumford
British Dictionary definitions for hypo (1 of 4)
/ (ˈhaɪpəʊ) /
another name for sodium thiosulphate, esp when used as a fixer in photographic developing
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1British Dictionary definitions for hypo (2 of 4)
/ (ˈhaɪpəʊ) /
British Dictionary definitions for hypo- (3 of 4)
under, beneath, or below: hypodermic
lower; at a lower point: hypogastrium
less than: hypoploid
(in medicine) denoting a deficiency or an abnormally low level: hypothyroid; hypoglycaemia
incomplete or partial: hypoplasia
indicating that a chemical compound contains an element in a lower oxidation state than usual: hypochlorous acid
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3British Dictionary definitions for Hypo- (4 of 4)
indicating a plagal mode in music: Hypodorian
Origin of Hypo-
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Scientific definitions for hypo-
A prefix that means beneath or below, as in hypodermic, below the skin. It also means less than normal, especially in medical terms like hypoglycemia. In the names of chemical compounds, it means at the lowest state of oxidation, as in sodium hypochlorite.
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