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Shak.

Syn. -- Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.

Hyp"o*crite*ly, adv. Hypocritically. [R.] Sylvester.

Hyp`o*crit"ic (?), a. See Hypocritical. Swift.

Hyp`o*crit"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. hypocritique.] Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.

Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific intentions were not spared.

Macaulay.

-- Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

Hyp`o*crys"tal*line (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + crystalline.] (Crystallog.) Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.

Hy`po*cy"cloid (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + cycloid: cf. F. hypocycloÔde.] (Geom.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. Epicycloid, and Trochoid.

||Hyp`o*dac"ty*lum (?), n.; pl. -tyla (#). [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath ||+ &?; a finger, toe.] (Zoˆl.) The under side of the toes.

Hyp"o*derm (?), n. [Pref. hypo- + -derm.] (Biol.) Same as Hypoblast.

||Hyp`o*der"ma (?), n. [NL. See Hypo, and derma.] 1. (Bot.) A layer of ||tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the ||physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In ||phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma.

2. (Zoˆl.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

Hyp`o*der*mat"ic (?), a. Hypodermic.

-- Hyp`o*der*mat"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

Hyp`o*der"mic (?), a. [See Hypoderma.] Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.

Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.

-- Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly (#), adv.

||Hyp`o*der"mis (?), n. [NL. See Hypo-, and Derma.] 1. (Biol.) Same as ||Hypoblast.

2. (Zoˆl.) Same as Hypoderma, 2.

{ Hyp`o*di*crot"ic (?), Hyp`o*di"cro*tous (?), } a. (Physiol.) Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.

Hyp`o*gÊ"ic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^, earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut (Arachis hypogÊa).

HypogÊic acid (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from which it is extracted as a white, crystalline substance.

Hyp`o*gas"tric (?), a. [Cf. F. hypogastrique. See Hypogastrium.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.

Hypogastric region. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions.

||Hyp`o*gas"tri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; under + &?; belly.] ||(Anat.) The lower part of the abdomen.

Hyp`o*ge"an (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. &?; earth.] (Bot.) Hypogeous. [Written also hypogÊan.]