hypo
IPA: hˈaɪpoʊ
noun
- (obsolete) Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- (slang) A hypochondriac.
- (photography, informal) Sodium thiosulfate (also called hyposulfite of soda), a photographic fixing agent.
- (slang) A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
- (slang) A hypodermic syringe or injection.
- (slang, finance, Britain) Hypothecation.
- (informal, in the study of law) A hypothetical case.
- (informal, zoology) A hypomelanistic snake.
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To have a hypoglycaemia attack.
- (transitive) To administer a hypodermic injection to.
- (transitive, figuratively) To stimulate or boost, as if by administering a hypodermic injection. (Compare hype.)
- (transitive, economics) To stimulate or boost (the economy) by the injection of cash, such as with quantitative easing
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