hippus

¹ American  

[hip-uhs] / ˈhɪp əs /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. spasmodic contraction of the pupil of the eye.

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-hippus ² American  

1. variant of hippo- as final element of compounds.

   eohippus.

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Etymology

Origin of hippus¹

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

Origin of -hippus²

< Latin < Greek -hippos

Example Sentences

Hippus, hip′us, n. clonic spasm of the iris.

From Project Gutenberg

But, as will be noticed, the pedigree given by Professor Huxley consists almost entirely of American animals, to which category belong all whose names terminate in -hippus, and these cannot with any reason be assigned as progenitors to the European horse.

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Hippus, the Tyrian, is said to have first devised caracks, and onerary vessels of prodigious bulk for traffic or offence.

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After many consultations with his adviser Hippus, many nightly calculations as to the state of his purse, he had ventured upon a bold stroke of business, and had succeeded in it.

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After his long endeavor to appear calm, while his heart was beating with anxious suspense like a smith's hammer, he was now happy as a child; he jumped round the room, laughed with pleasure, and asked Hippus what sort of wine he would like to drink to-day.

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