Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hypo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypo- \Hy"po-\ [Gr. ? under, beneath; akin to L. sub. See
{Sub-}.]
1. 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.
2. (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypo \Hy"po\, n.
Hypochondria. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hypo \Hy"po\, n. [Abbrev. from hyposulphite.] (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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hypo
n 1: a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
[syn: {sodium thiosulphate}, {sodium thiosulfate}]
2: a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for
giving injections [syn: {hypodermic syringe}, {hypodermic}]
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