Chapter 121

||Hy`pa*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Hypapophyles (#). [NL. See Hypo-, and ||Apophysis.] (Anat.) A process, or other element, of a vertebra ||developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as hÊmal spines, and ||chevron bones. -- Hy`pa*po*phys"i*al (#), a.

Hy`par*te"ri*al (?), a. [Hypo- + arterial.] (Anat.) Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Hy*pas"pist (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford.

Hy*pax"i*al (?), a. [Hypo- + axial.] (Anat.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.

hype v. t. 1. to publicize [e.g. a product or a future event] insistently, in a manner exaggerating the importance of; to promote flamboyantly. [wns=1] [WordNet 1.5]

2. To stimulate or excite (a person); -- usually used with up, and often in the passive form; as, she was all hyped up over her upcoming wedding. [PJC]

hype n. Intense publicity for a future event, performed in a showy or excessively dramatic manner suggesting an importance not justified by the event; as, the hype surrounding the superbowl is usually ludicrous. [PJC]

Hy"per- (?). [Gr. "ype`r over, above; akin to L. super, E. over. See Over, and cf. Super- .] 1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperÊmia, hyperbola, hypercritical, hypersecretion.

2. (Chem.) A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. [Obs.] See Per-.

||Hy`per*Ê"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + a"i^ma blood.] ||(Med.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of ||the body.

Active hyperÊmia, congestion due to increased flow of blood to a part. -- Passive hyperÊmia, interchange due to obstruction in the return of blood from a part.

-- Hy`per*Ê"mic (#), a.

||Hy`per*Ês*the"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?; sense, ||perception.] (Med. & Physiol.) A state of exalted or morbidly ||increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it. -- ||Hy`per*Ês*thet"ic (#), a.

||Hy`per*a*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Hyperapophyses (#). [NL. See Hyper- ||, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) A lateral and backward-projecting process ||on the dorsal side of a vertebra. - - Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al (#), a.

Hy`per*as"pist (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to cover with a shield; "ype`r over + &?; shield.] One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Hy`per*bat"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.

||Hy*per"ba*ton (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; transposed, fr. &?; ||to step over; "ype`r over + &?; to step.] (Gram.) A figurative ||construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or ||clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."

With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text.

Milton.

Hy*per"bo*la (?), n. [Gr. &?;, prop., an overshooting, excess, i. e., of the angle which the cutting plane makes with the base. See Hyperbole.] (Geom.) A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola. See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.

Hy*per"bo*le (?), n. [L., fr. Gr&?;, prop., an overshooting, excess, fr. Gr. &?; to throw over or beyond; "ype`r over + &?; to throw. See Hyper-, Parable, and cf. Hyperbola.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.

Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant hyperboles.

Blair.

Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole, that it lies without deceiving.

Macaulay.

{ Hy`per*bol"ic (?), Hy`per*bol"ic*al (?), } a. [L. hyperbolicus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. hyperbolique.] 1. (Math.) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.

2. (Rhet.) Relating to, containing, or of the nature of, hyperbole; exaggerating or diminishing beyond the fact; exceeding the truth; as, an hyperbolical expression. "This hyperbolical epitaph." Fuller.

Hyperbolic functions (Math.), certain functions which have relations to the hyperbola corresponding to those which sines, cosines, tangents, etc., have to the circle; and hence, called hyperbolic sines, hyperbolic cosines, etc. -- Hyperbolic logarithm. See Logarithm. -- Hyperbolic spiral (Math.), a spiral curve, the law of which is, that the distance from the pole to the generating point varies inversely as the angle swept over by the radius vector.

<! p. 720 !>

Hy`per*bol"ic*al*ly (?), adv. 1. (Math.) In the form of an hyperbola.

2. (Rhet.) With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth. Sir W. Raleigh.

Hy`per*bol"i*form (?), a. [Hyperbola + -form.] Having the form, or nearly the form, of an hyperbola.

Hy*per"bo*lism (?), n. [Cf. F. hyperbolisme.] The use of hyperbole. Jefferson.

Hy*per"bo*list (?), n. One who uses hyperboles.

Hy*per"bo*lize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hyperbolized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hyperbolizing (?).] [Cf. F. hyperboliser.] To speak or write with exaggeration. Bp. Montagu.

Hy*per"bo*lize, v. t. To state or represent hyperbolically. Fotherby.

Hy*per"bo*loid (?), n. [Hyperbola + -oid: cf. F. hyperboloÔde.] (Geom.) A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.

Hyperboloid of revolution, an hyperboloid described by an hyperbola revolving about one of its axes. The surface has two separate sheets when the axis of revolution is the transverse axis, but only one when the axis of revolution is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola.

Hy*per"bo*loid, a. (Geom.) Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.

Hy`per*bo"re*an (?), a. [L. hyperboreus, Gr. &?;; "ype`r over, beyond + &?;. See Boreas.] 1. (Greek Myth.) Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.

2. Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere.

The hyperborean or frozen sea.

C. Butler (1633).

Hy`per*bo"re*an, n. 1. (Greek Myth.) One of the people who lived beyond the North wind, in a land of perpetual sunshine.

2. An inhabitant of the most northern regions.

Hy`per*car"bu*ret`ed (?), a. (Chem.) Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [Written also hypercarburetted.]

Hy`per*cat`a*lec"tic (?), a. [L. hypercatalecticus, hypercatalectus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. hypercatalectique. See Hyper-, and Catalectic.] (Pros.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.

Hy`per*chlo"ric (?), a. (Chem.) See Perchloric.

Hy`per*chro"ma*tism (?), n. The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.

Hy`per*crit"ic (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + critic: cf. F. hypercritique.] One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor. "Hypercritics in English poetry." Dryden.

Hy`per*crit"ic, a. Hypercritical.

Hy`per*crit"ic*al (?), a. 1. Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious. "Hypercritical readers." Swift.

2. Excessively nice or exact. Evelyn.

Hy`per*crit"ic*al*ly, adv. In a hypercritical manner.

Hy`per*crit"i*cise (?), v. t. To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.

Hy`per*crit"i*cism (?), n. Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.

Hy`per*di*crot"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Excessive dicrotic; as, a hyperdicrotic pulse.

Hy`per*di"cro*tism (?), n. (Physiol.) A hyperdicrotic condition.

Hy`per*di"cro*tous (?), a. (Physiol.) Hyperdicrotic.

||Hy`per*du*li"a (?), n. [Pref. hyper- + dulia: cf. F. hyperdulie.] (R. ||C. Ch.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most ||exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia. Addis & ||Arnold.

Hy"per*du`ly (?), n. Hyperdulia. [Obs.]

Hy`per*es*the"si*a (?), n. Same as HyperÊsthesia.

||Hy*per"i*cum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;; &?; under, among + &?;, ||&?;, heath, heather.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted ||leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort.

||Hy`per*i*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?;, &?;, ||strength, fiber.] (Med.) A condition of the blood, characterized by ||an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory ||diseases.

Hy*pe"ri*on (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Class Myth.) The god of the sun; in the later mythology identified with Apollo, and distinguished for his beauty.

So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr.

Shak.

||Hy`per*ki*ne"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?; motion.] ||(Med.) Abnormally increased muscular movement; spasm.

Hy`per*ki*net"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.

Hy`per*met`a*mor"pho*sis (?), n. [Hyper- + metamorphosis.] (Zoˆl.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.

Hy*per"me*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; beyond all measure; "ype`r over, beyond + &?; measure: cf. F. hypermËtre.] 1. (Pros.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

2. Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard.

When a man rises beyond six foot, he is an hypermeter.

Addison.

Hy`per*met"ric*al (?), a. Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure.

Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.

{ ||Hy`per*me*tro"pi*a (?), Hy`per*met"ro*py (?), } n. [NL. hypermetropia, fr. Gr. &?; excessive + &?;, &?;, the eye. See Hypermeter.] A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.

In hypermetropia, vision for distant objects, although not better absolutely, is better than that for near objects, and hence, the individual is said to be farsighted. It is corrected by the use of convex glasses.

-- Hy`per*me*trop"ic (#), a.

||Hy`per*myr`i*o*ra"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; beyond + &?; countless ||+ &?; view.] A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or ||views.

||Hy`per*o*ar"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) An order of marsipobranchs ||including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; ||the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not ||connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.

||Hy`per*o"pi*a (h`pr*"p*), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + 'w`ps, ||'wpo`s, the eye.] Hypermetropia. -- Hy`per*op"tic (#), a.

Hy`per*or*gan"ic (-Ùr*gn"k), a. [Pref. hyper- + organic.] Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic. Sir W. Hamilton.

Hy`per*or"tho*dox`y (?), n. Orthodoxy pushed to excess.

||Hy`per*o*tre"ta (h`pr**tr"t), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "yperw`,n the ||palate + trhto`s perforated.] (Zoˆl.) An order of marsipobranchs, ||including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have ||barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the palate, and a ||communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish. ||[Written also Hyperotreti.]

Hy`per*ox"ide (?), n. (Chem.) A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; a peroxide. [Obs.]

{ Hy`per*ox"y*gen*a`ted (?), Hy`per*ox"y*gen*ized (?), } a. (Chem.) Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides. [Obs.]

Hy`per*ox`y*mu"ri*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A perchlorate. [Obs.]

Hy`per*ox`y*mu`ri*at"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [Obs.]

Hy`per*phys"ic*al (?), a. Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural.

Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis.

Sir W. Hamilton.

||Hy`per*pla"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?; conformation, ||fr. &?; to mold.] (Med. & Biol.) An increase in, or excessive growth ||of, the normal elements of any part.

Hyperplasia relates to the formation of new elements, hypertrophy being an increase in bulk of preexisting normal elements. Dunglison.

Hy`per*plas"tic (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.

2. (Biol.) Tending to excess of formative action.

||Hy`perp*nú"a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?;, &?;, breath.] ||(Physiol.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient ||arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnúa. See ||Eupnúa, and Dispnúa.

||Hy`per*py*rex"i*a (?), n. [NL. See Hyper-, and Pyrexia.] (Med.) A ||condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a ||disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

Hy`per*se*cre"tion (?), n. (Med.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.

Hy`per*sen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. See HyperÊsthesia.

Hy"per*space (-sps), n. [Pref. hyper- + space.] (Geom.) An imagined space having more than three dimensions.

Hy"per*sthene (h"pr*sthn), n. [Gr. "ype`r over + sqe`nos strength: cf. F. hyperstËne.] (Min.) An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.

Hy`per*sthen"ic (?), a. (Min.) Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.

Hy`per*thet"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. &?;; "ype`r over + tiqe`nai to place.] Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.]

Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression.

Chapman.

||Hy`per*thyr"i*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; "ype`r over + &?; door.] ||(Arch.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

{ Hy`per*troph"ic (?), Hy`per*troph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. hypertrophique.] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.

Hy*per"tro*phied (?), a. (Med. & Biol.) Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.

Hy*per"tro*phy (?), n. [Gr. "ype`r over, beyond + &?; nourishment, fr. &?; to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

||Hy"phÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "yfh` a web.] (Bot.) The long, ||branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of ||the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the ||gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.

Hy"phen (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; under one, into one, together, fr. &?; under + &?;, neut. of &?; one. See Hypo-.] (Print.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine- leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.

Hy"phen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hyphened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hyphening.] To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

Hy"phen*a`ted (?), a. United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.

||Hy`pho*my*ce"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a web + &?;, &?;, a ||mushroom.] (Bot.) One of the great division of fungi, containing ||those species which have naked spores borne on free or only ||fasciculate threads. M. J. Berkley.

Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + idiomorphic.] (Crystallog.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. -- Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly (#), adv.

||Hyp`i*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; under + &?;, &?; strength, ||fiber.] (Med.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in ||the blood.

Hyp`na*gog"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; sleep + &?; a carrying away.] Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

Hyp"no*bate (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. &?; sleep + &?; to go.] A somnambulist. [R.]

Hyp"no*cyst (?), n. [Gr. &?; sleep + E. cyst.] (Biol.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.

Hyp`no*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; sleep + root of &?; to be born.] (Physiol.) Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hypnotic sleep. De Watteville.

Hyp*nol"o*gist (?), n. One who is versed in hypnology.

Hyp*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; sleep + -logy.] A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

||Hyp*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; sleep.] (Med.) Supervention of ||sleep.

Hyp*not"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. &?; to lull to sleep, fr. &?; sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.] 1. Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.

Hyp*not"ic, n. 1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.

2. A person who exhibits the phenomena of, or is subject to, hypnotism.

Hyp"no*tism (?), n. [Gr. &?; sleep: cf. F. hypnotisme.] A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body.

Hyp`no*ti*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of producing hypnotism.

Hyp"no*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hypnotized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hypnotizing (?).] To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.

Hyp"no*ti`zer (?), n. One who hypnotizes.

||Hyp"num (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; moss.] (Bot.) The largest genus of ||true mosses; feather moss.

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.

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.

Hy"po (?), n. Hypochondria. [Colloq.]

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.]

Hy`po*a"ri*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.

||Hy`po*a"ri*on (?), n.; pl. Hypoaria (#). [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath ||+ &?; a little egg.] (Anat.) An oval lobe beneath each of the optic ||lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes. Owen.

Hy"po*blast (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + -blast.] (Biol.) The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also endoderm, entoderm, and sometimes hypoderm. See Illust. of Blastoderm, Delamination, and Ectoderm.

Hy`po*blas"tic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac.

Hy*pob"o*le (?), n. [Gr. &?; a throwing under, a suggesting; &?; under + &?; to throw.] (Rhet.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order.

Hy`po*bran"chi*al (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + branchial.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n. A hypobranchial bone or cartilage.

{ Hy"po*carp (?), ||Hy`po*car"pi*um (?), } n. [NL. hypocarpium, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + &?; fruit.] (Bot.) A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See Illust. of Cashew.

<! p. 721 !>

Hy`po*car`po*ge"an (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. &?; fruit + &?; earth.] (Bot.) Producing fruit below the ground.

Hyp"o*caust (?), n. [L. hypocaustum, Gr. &?;; &?; under + &?; to burn: cf. F. hypocauste.] (Anc. Arch.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.

Hy`po*chlo"rite (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.

Hy`po*chlo"rous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + chlorous.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds.

Hypochlorous acid (Chem.), an acid derived from chlorine, not known in a pure state, but forming various salts, called hypochlorites.

Hy`po*chon"dres (?), n. pl. [F. hypocondres, formerly spely hypochondres.] The hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondrium.

Hy`po*chon"dri*a (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.

Hy`po*chon"dri*ac (?), a. [Gr. &?; affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque.] 1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.

2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.

Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.

Hy`po*chon"dri*ac, n. A person affected with hypochondriasis.

He had become an incurable hypochondriac.

Macaulay.

Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal (?), a. Same as Hypochondriac, 2. -- Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly, adv.

Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cism (?), n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [R.]

Hy`po*chon"dri*a*sis (?), n. [NL. So named because supposed to have its seat in the hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondriac, Hypochondrium, and cf. Hyp, 1st Hypo.] (Med.) A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health.

Hy`po*chon"dri*asm (?), n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [R.]

||Hy`po*chon"dri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypochondria (#), E. Hypochondriums ||(#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; under the cartilage of the ||breastbone; &?; under + &?; cartilage.] (Anat.) Either of the ||hypochondriac regions.

Hy`po*chon"dry (?), n. Hypochondriasis.

Hyp"o*cist (?), n. [Gr. &?; a plant growing on the roots of the Cistus.] An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.

||Hy`po*clei"di*um (?), n.; pl. L. Hypocleida (#), E. Hypocleidiums ||(#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; under + &?; a little key.] (Anat.) A median ||process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many birds, where it is ||connected with the sternum.

Hyp`o*co*ris"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; under + &?; to caress.] Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name.

The hypocoristic or pet form of William.

Dr. Murray.

Hyp`o*cra*ter"i*form (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + krath`r cup + -form.] (Bot.) hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. Wood.

Hyp`o*cra*ter`i*mor"phous (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. krath`r bowl + morfh` form.] (Bot.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.