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hy⋅po

1  [hahy-poh] noun, plural -pos, verb Informal.
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–noun
1. a hypodermic syringe or injection.
2. a stimulus or boost.
–verb (used with object)
3. to administer a hypodermic injection to.
4. to stimulate by or as if by administering a hypodermic injection.
5. to increase, boost, or augment: to hypo the car's power by installing a bigger engine.
Origin:
by shortening of hypodermic; sense “stimulate” perh. by assoc. with hype 1 ; see -o
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hy⋅po

2  [hahy-poh]
–noun
sodium thiosulfate.
Origin:
1860–65; shortening of hyposulfite

hy⋅po

3  [hahy-poh]
–noun Archaic.
hypochondria.
Origin:
by shortening

sodium thiosulfate

 
–noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na2S2O3·5H2O, used as a bleach and in photography as a fixing agent.
Also called hypo, hyposulfite, sodium hyposulfite.

Origin:
1880–85
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hy·po 1   (hī'pō)   
n.  See sodium thiosulfate.

[Short for hyposulfite.]
hy·po 2   (hī'pō)   
n.   pl. hy·pos

  1. A hypodermic syringe.

  2. A hypodermic injection.

tr.v.   hy·poed, hy·po·ing, hy·pos
To stimulate by or as if by hypodermic injection: "pandering to community fears in order to hypo ratings" (Variety).

[Short for hypodermic.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 3hypo
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hypos
1 : HYPODERMIC SYRINGE
2 : HYPODERMIC INJECTION

Main Entry: sodium thiosulfate
Function: noun
: a hygroscopic crystalline salt Na2O3S2 that is used as a fixing agent in photography, asa reducing agent and bleaching agent, in chemical analysis for the titration of iodine, and in medicine as an antidote in poisoning by cyanides or iodine, in the treatment of tinea versicolor, and toprevent ringworm (as in a footbath) called also hypo, sodium hyposulfite
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hypo hy·po (hī'pō)
n.

  1. A hypodermic syringe.

  2. A hypodermic injection.

sodium thiosulfate n.
A translucent crystalline compound used in conjunction with sodium nitrite as an antidote in cyanide poisoning, as a fungicide in swimming pools and baths, and as a means to measure the extracellular fluid volume of the body.

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