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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: hypo n 1: a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing [syn: {sodium thiosulphate}] 2: a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections [syn: {hypodermic syringe}, {hypodermic}]
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