hypo

hypo is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

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. 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.
3. noun. Hypochondria.
4. noun. Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture.
5. noun. a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections

   Synonyms: hypodermic

6. noun. a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing

Synonyms

hypodermic

Common word forms

hypos, hypoed, hypoing

Words from these letters

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