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Noun: hypo  hI-pow
  1. A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
    "The darkroom technician used hypo to fix the developed photographs";
    - sodium thiosulphate, sodium thiosulfate
     
  2. A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections
    "The doctor filled the hypo with the medication";
    - hypodermic syringe, hypodermic
Prefix: hypo-
  1. Under, below, or lower
    - hyp-
     
  2. (medicine) below normal or deficient
    - hyp-
     
  3. Slightly or partial
    - hyp-

Derived forms: hypos

Type of: fixer, fixing agent, syringe

Encyclopedia: Hypo