Hypo

Quick meaning: Hypo is a noun meaning (photography, informal) Sodium thiosulfate (also called hyposulfite of soda), a photographic fixing agent.

Meaning

(photography, informal) Sodium thiosulfate (also called hyposulfite of soda), a photographic fixing agent.

More Meanings

1. (informal, law) A hypothetical case.
2. (informal, zoology) A hypomelanistic snake.
3. (obsolete) Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
4. (slang) A hypochondriac.
5. (slang) A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
6. (slang) A hypodermic syringe or injection.
7. (slang, finance, British) Hypothecation.

Example Sentences

Bacterium and virus count—as usual. Lots of it. Apparently not too dangerous. Not with every single soul hypoed and immunized and hormoned to his eyebrows.

My top lip tingles, and I'm clearly hypoing but I don't know what my sugar level is, it was 9.8 when I went to bed, which is fine. I've hypoed a lot lately.

In the last three peacetime years before the Vietnam War expenditures began to hypo the economy, 1961, 1962, and 1963, unemployment in those years averaged six percent.

Stations across the country hypoed the Beatle excitement with offers of fan club cards, free records. Beatle contests of all sorts, and a continual push on the Capitol, Swan, Vee Jay and MGM releases by the group.

Word Forms

• hypos
• hypoing
• hypoed

Synonyms for hypo

Depending on context, synonyms include hypodermic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hypodermic, aesthesia, hypernatremia, hyperthyroidism, pituitarism, hyperpigmentation.

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