Hypo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hypo	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Hypo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypo n a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing Synonym(s): hypo, sodium thiosulphate, sodium thiosulfate a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections Synonym(s): hypodermic syringe, hypodermic, hypo
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hypo \Hy"po\, n. Hypochondria. [Colloq.]
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.