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  • hypodiploidy — a deficiency of chromosomes less than the diploid number
  • hypoesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
  • hypoeutectic — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
  • hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
  • hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
  • hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
  • hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
  • hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
  • hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
  • hypomotility — abnormally slow motility, as of the stomach or intestine (opposed to hypermotility).
  • hypomyotonia — abnormally diminished muscular tone.
  • hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
  • hypophonesis — a sound of less than usual intensity in percussion or auscultation.
  • hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
  • hypophyllous — growing on the undersurface of leaves, as a fungus.
  • hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
  • hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
  • hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
  • hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
  • hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
  • hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
  • hypothalamic — Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
  • hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
  • hypothecated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothecate.
  • hypothecator — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
  • hypothesis's — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
  • hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
  • hypothesises — to form a hypothesis.
  • hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
  • hypothesizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypothesize.
  • hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
  • hypotonicity — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
  • hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
  • hypovolaemia — Alternative form of hypovolemia.
  • hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
  • hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
  • hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
  • hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
  • ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
  • inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
  • iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
  • ip telephony — (communications)   (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
  • lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
  • lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
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