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Hypo

/ˈhaɪ.pəʊ/

Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression.

📖 Definitions of "Hypo"

noun
  1. 1

    Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression.

    "1837 Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens, May 7. 1837, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1."

  2. 2

    A hypochondriac.

  3. 3

    Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent.

  4. 4

    A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.

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