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/hˈaɪpoʊ/ Listen

noun

Hypo n. Hypochondria. (Colloq.)

Hypo n. (Photog.) Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture. (Colloq.)

prefix

Hypo- pref.

A prefix signifying a less quantity, or a low state or degree, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position under or beneath.

(Chem.) A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a low valence, or in a low state of oxidization, usually the lowest, into the compounds indicated; as, hyposulphurous acid.

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Etymology of 'Hypo'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hypo" Quotes from Famous Books

... fingers over the welts and bruises and commented bluntly that it was well the fishermen had returned his arms and legs into their sockets before he fully regained consciousness. It muttered and clucked to itself as it used the hypo which Johnny ...

— Far from Home • J.A. Taylor

... to do, and though it might not seem interesting to you after you had written it, it would be a good deal of company to me in this "busy wilderness." Tell your sister I don't want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the "hypo" ...

— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln

... de nephos eipeto pezon. Hos d' hot' apo skopies eiden nephos aipolos aner Erchomenon kata ponton hypo Zephyroio ioes, To de t', aneuthen eonti, melanteron, eute pissa Phainet', ion kata ponton, agei de te lailapa pollen; Rhigesen te idon, hypo te speos elase mela; Toiai ham Aiantessin areithoon aizeon Deion es ...

— The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century - Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February - 4th and 11th, 1884 • John Ruskin

... "That is called hypo-eliminator," said Trent as Mr. Cupples uncorked and smelled at one of the bottles. "Very useful when you're in a hurry with a negative. I shouldn't drink it, though, all the same. It eliminates sodium hypophosphite, ...

— The Woman in Black • Edmund Clerihew Bentley

... general conversation. Tea was served; and I soon after took leave. General Richman, however, insisted on my dining with him on Thursday; which I promised. And here I am again over head and ears in the hypo—a disease, you will say, peculiar to students. I believe it peculiar to lovers; and with that class I must now rank myself, though I did not know, until this evening, that I was so much engaged as I find I really am. I knew, indeed, that ...

— The Coquette - The History of Eliza Wharton • Hannah Webster Foster

... attack I reported to headquarters, that in my opinion the gas used was chlorine with possibly an admixture of bromine, and that a mask with a solution of "Hypo" to cover the nose and mouth would probably absorb the gas and destroy its effectiveness. I also suggested that the battle area be searched for masks which the Germans were sure to have had prepared as a protection for their own men. (Most ...

— On the Fringe of the Great Fight • George G. Nasmith