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NOUN (2)

1. a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing;
[syn: hypo, sodium thiosulphate, sodium thiosulfate]

2. a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections;
[syn: hypodermic syringe, hypodermic, hypo]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hypo \Hy"po\, n. Hypochondria. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hypo n 1: a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing [syn: hypo, sodium thiosulphate, sodium thiosulfate] 2: a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections [syn: hypodermic syringe, hypodermic, hypo]