Part 5500

<cs><col>Hypodermic medication</col>, <cd>the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hypodermis</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*der"mis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Hypo-</er>, and <er>Derma</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hypoblast</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hypoderma</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Hypodicrotic, Hypodicrotous</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw><hw>Hyp`o*di*crot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hyp`o*di"cro*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; <as>as, a <ex>hypodicrotic</ex> pulse curve</as>.</def>

<h1>Hypog\'91ic</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*g\'91"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>gai^a</grk>, <grk>gh^</grk>, earth.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut (<spn>Arachis hypog\'91a</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>Hypog\'91ic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hypogastric</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*gas"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hypogastrique</ets>. See <er>Hypogastrium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region.</def>

<cs><col>Hypogastric region</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The lower part of the abdomen.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hypogastrium</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*gas"tri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ under + <?/ belly.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The lower part of the abdomen.</def>

<h1>Hypogean</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*ge"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ earth.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Hypogeous.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hypog\'91an</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hypogene</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp"o*gene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + the root of Gr. <?/ to be born: cf. F. <ets>hypog\'8ane</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to <i>epigene</i>.</def>

<h1>Hypogeous</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*ge"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hypogean</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hypog\'91ous</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hypogeum</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*ge"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hypogea</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, subterranean; <?/ under + <?/, <?/, the earth.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Arch.)</fld> <def>The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.</def>

<h1>Hypoglossal</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hyp`o*glos"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ the tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the hypoglossal nerves.</def></def2>

<h1>Hypognatous</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy*pog"na*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ the jaw.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer.</def>

<h1>Hypogyn</h1> <Xpage=721>