hippus

[ hip-uhs ]

nounMedicine/Medical.
  1. spasmodic contraction of the pupil of the eye.

Origin of hippus

1
1675–85; <New Latin <Greek híppos horse, complaint of the eye

Other definitions for -hippus (2 of 2)

-hippus

  1. variant of hippo- as final element of compounds: eohippus.

Origin of -hippus

2
<Latin <Greek -hippos

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