Associations to the word «Hypo»

Wiktionary

HYPO, noun. (obsolete) Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression (obsolete by 1881 according to Eric Partridge.
HYPO, noun. (photography) sodium thiosulfate, a photographic fixing agent.
HYPO, noun. (slang) A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
HYPO, noun. (informal) The substance sodium hyposulfite.
HYPO, noun. (slang) A hypodermic syringe.
HYPO, noun. (slang) (finance) (British) Hypothecation.
HYPO, noun. (informal) (among law students and their professors) A hypothetical case.
HYPO, noun. (informal) (zoology) A hypomelanistic snake.

Dictionary definition

HYPO, noun. A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing.
HYPO, noun. A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections.

Wise words

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