Part 5496

<h1>Hypnotism</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hyp"no*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sleep: cf. F. <ets>hypnotisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>A form of sleep or somnambulism brought on by artificial means, in which there is an unusual suspension of some powers, and an unusual activity of others. It is induced by an action upon the nerves, through the medium of the senses, as in persons of very feeble organization, by gazing steadly at a very bright object held before the eyes, or by pressure upon certain points of the surface of the body.</def>

<h1>Hypnotization</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hyp`no*ti*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of producing hypnotism.</def>

<h1>Hypnotize</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hyp"no*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hypnotized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hypnotizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.</def>

<h1>Hypnotizer</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hyp"no*ti`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hypnotizes.</def>

<h1>Hypnum</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hyp"num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ moss.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.</def>

<h1>Hypo-</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy"po-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ under, beneath; akin to L. <ets>sub</ets>. See <er>Sub-</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A prefix signifying a <i>less quantity</i>, or a <i>low state</i> or <i>degree</i>, of that denoted by the word with which it is joined, or position <i>under</i> or <i>beneath</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A prefix denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed enters with a <i>low valence</i>, or in a <i>low state of oxidization</i>, usually the <i>lowest</i>, into the compounds indicated; <as>as, <ex>hypo</ex>sulphurous acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Hypo</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy"po</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hypochondria.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Hypo</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy"po</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. from <ets>hyposulphite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Hypoarian</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`po*a"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a hypoarion.</def>

<h1>Hypoarion</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`po*a"ri*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hypoaria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ beneath + <?/ a little egg.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Hypoblast</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy"po*blast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The inner or lower layer of the blastoderm; -- called also <altname>endoderm</altname>, <altname>entoderm</altname>, and sometimes <altname>hypoderm</altname>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Blastoderm</er>, <er>Delamination</er>, and <er>Ectoderm</er>.</def>

<h1>Hypoblastic</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy`po*blas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; <as>as, the <ex>hypoic</ex> sac</as>.</def>

<h1>Hypobole</h1> <Xpage=720>

<hw>Hy*pob"o*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a throwing under, a suggesting; <?/ under + <?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>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.</def>