| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | hypotenuse |
| 2. | hypothetical |
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| a variant of hypo- : hypabyssal | |
| hypo- or (before a vowel) hyp- | |
| —prefix | |
| 1. | under, beneath, or below: hypodermic |
| 2. | lower; at a lower point: hypogastrium |
| 3. | less than: hypoploid |
| 4. | (in medicine) denoting a deficiency or an abnormally low level: hypothyroid; hypoglycaemia |
| 5. | incomplete or partial: hypoplasia |
| 6. | indicating that a chemical compound contains an element in a lower oxidation state than usual: hypochlorous acid |
| [from Greek, from hupo under] | |
| hyp- or (before a vowel) hyp- | |
| —prefix | |
| [from Greek, from hupo under] | |
hyp- pref.
Variant of hypo-.
| hypo- or hyp-
A prefix that means "beneath" or "below," as in hypodermic, below the skin. It also means "less than normal," especially in medical terms like hypoglycemia. In the names of chemical compounds, it means "at the lowest state of oxidation," as in sodium hypochlorite. |
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