Webster's Dictionary 1913

4132

Hypogeous

Hyp′o‐ge″ous (?), a. [See Hypogean.] (Bot.) Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground. [Written also hypogæous.]

4133

Hypogeum

‖Hyp′o‐ge″um (?), n.; pl.Hypogea (#). (Anc. Arch.) The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as t...

4134

Hypoglossal

Hyp′o‐glos″sal (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. � the tongue.] (Anat.) Under the tongue; — applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, whic...

4135

Hypognatous

Hy‐pog″na‐tous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. � the jaw.] (Zoöl.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.

4136

Hypogyn

Hyp″o‐gyn (?), n.(Bot.) An hypogynous plant.

4137

Hypogynous

Hy‐pog″y‐nous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. � woman, female: cf. F. hypogyne.] (Bot.) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; — said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals...

4138

Hypohyal

Hy′po‐hy″al (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Greek letter �.] (Anat.) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal. — n. One...

4139

Hyponastic

Hy′po‐nas″tic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. � pressed close.] (Bot.) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf. Epinastic.

4140

Hyponasty

Hy′po‐nas″ty (?), n.(Bot.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface.

4141

Hyponitrite

Hy′po‐ni″trite (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of hyponitrous acid.

4142

Hyponitrous

Hy′po‐ni″trous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + nitrous.] (Chem.) Containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds.Hyponitrous acid(Chem.), an unstable...

4143

Hypopharynx

‖Hy′po‐phar″ynx (?), n. [NL. See Hypo-, and Pharynx.] (Zoöl.) An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.

4144

Hypophosphate

Hy′po‐phos″phate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of hypophosphoric acid.

4145

Hypophosphite

Hy′po‐phos″phite (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of hypophosphorous acid.

4146

Hypophosphoric

Hy′po‐phos‐phor″ic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compoun...

4147

Hypophosphorous

Hy′po‐phos″phor‐ous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + phosphorous.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds; as, hypopho...

4148

Hypophyllous

Hy‐poph″yl‐lous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. � leaf.] (Bot.) Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.

4149

Hypophysial

Hy′po‐phys″i‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.

4150

Hypophysis

‖Hy‐poph″y‐sis (?), n. 1. (Anat.) See Pituitary body, under Pituitary.2. (Med.) Cataract.

4151

Hypoplastron

Hy′po‐plas″tron (?), n.; pl.Hypoplastra (#). [Pref. hypo- + plastron.] (Anat.) The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; — called also hyposternum.

4152

Hypoptilum

‖Hy‐pop″ti‐lum (?), n.; pl. L. Hypoptila (#), E. Hypoptilums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. υπὅ beneath + � down.] (Zoöl.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of ...

4153

Hyporadius

‖Hy′po‐ra″di‐us (?), n.; pl.Hyporadii (#). [Pref. hypo- + radius.] (Zoöl.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather.

4154

Hyporhachis

‖Hy′po‐rha″chis (?), n.; pl.Hyporhachides (#). [NL., fr. Gr. υπὅ beneath + � spine.] (Zoöl.) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum. [Written also hyporachis.]

4155

Hyposkeletal

Hy′po‐skel″e‐tal (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + skeletal.] (Anat.) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; — opposed to episkeletal.

4156

Hypospadias

‖Hy′po‐spa″di‐as (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. υπὅ beneath + σπάν to draw, tear.] (Med.) A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.

4157

Hypostasis

Hy‐pos″ta‐sis (?), n.; pl.Hypostases (#). [L., fr. Gr. � subsistence, substance, fr. � to stand under; � under + � to stand, middle voice of � to cause to stand. See Hypo-, and ...

4158

Hypostasize

Hy‐pos″ta‐size (?), v. t. To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.The pressed Newtonians... refused to hypostasize the law o...