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Meaning of hypo

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hypo

Pronunciation:/ˈhaɪ.pəʊ//ˈhaɪ.poʊ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression.

    Example: 1837 Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens, May 7. 1837, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.

  2. A hypochondriac.

  3. Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent.

  4. A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.