Hypobole
(Hy*pob"o*le) n. [Gr. a throwing under, a suggesting; under + to throw.] (Rhet.) A figure in
which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite
side, each of them being refuted in order.
Hypobranchial
(Hy`po*bran"chi*al) a. [Pref. hypo- + branchial.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segment
between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch. — n. A hypobranchial bone or
cartilage.
Hypocarp
(Hy"po*carp ||Hy`po*car"pi*um) n. [NL. hypocarpium, fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + fruit.] (Bot.)
A fleshy enlargement of the receptacle, or for the stem, below the proper fruit, as in the cashew. See
Illust. of Cashew.
Hypocarpogean
(Hy`po*car`po*ge"an) a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. fruit + earth.] (Bot.) Producing fruit below
the ground.
Hypocaust
(Hyp"o*caust) n. [L. hypocaustum, Gr. under + to burn: cf. F. hypocauste.] (Anc. Arch.)
A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through
which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards
adopted in private houses.
Hypochlorite
(Hy`po*chlo"rite) n. (Chem.) A salt of hypochlorous acid; as, a calcium hypochloride.
Hypochlorous
(Hy`po*chlo"rous) a. [Pref. hypo- + chlorous.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from,
chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds.
Hypochlorous acid (Chem.), an acid derived from chlorine, not known in a pure state, but forming
various salts, called hypochlorites.
Hypochondres
(Hy`po*chon"dres) n. pl. [F. hypocondres, formerly spely hypochondres.] The hypochondriac
regions. See Hypochondrium.
Hypochondria
(Hy`po*chon"dri*a) n. [NL.] (Med.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
Hypochondriac
(Hy`po*chon"dri*ac) a. [Gr. affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque,
formerly spelt hypochondriaque.]
1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions.
2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis.
Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the
false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.
Hypochondriac
(Hy`po*chon"dri*ac), n. A person affected with hypochondriasis.
He had become an incurable hypochondriac.
Macaulay. Hypochondriacal
(Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal) a. Same as Hypochondriac, 2. — Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly,
adv.
Hypochondriacism
(Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cism) n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [R.]
Hypochondriasis
(Hy`po*chon"dri*a*sis) n. [NL. So named because supposed to have its seat in the
hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondriac, Hypochondrium, and cf. Hyp, 1st Hypo.] (Med.) A
mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning
his own health.
