hypo

Meanings

Plural: hypos

Noun

• a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
• a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections
• Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
• A hypochondriac.
• Sodium thiosulfate (also called hyposulfite of soda), a photographic fixing agent.
• A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
• A hypodermic syringe or injection.
• Hypothecation.
• A hypothetical case.
• A hypomelanistic snake.

Verb

• To have a hypoglycaemia attack.
• To administer a hypodermic injection to.
• To stimulate or boost, as if by administering a hypodermic injection. (Compare hype.)
• To stimulate or boost (the economy) by the injection of cash, such as with quantitative easing

Synonyms

hypodermic, hypodermic syringe, sodium thiosulfate, sodium thiosulphate

Related Words

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