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.

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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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The other is named Hippus, according to what I have heard.

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Changing his mode of attack, he suddenly asked, "Do you know a certain Hippus?" and keenly observed the effect of the query.

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