Part 5502

<hw>Hy*poph"yl*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.</def>

<h1>Hypophysial</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*phys"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary.</def>

<h1>Hypophysis</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy*poph"y*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ under + <?/ nature, origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Pituitary body</cref>, under <er>Pituitary</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Cataract.</def>

<h1>Hypoplastron</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*plas"tron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hypoplastra</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>plastron</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also <altname>hyposternum</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hypoptilum</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy*pop"ti*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Hypoptila</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Hypoptilums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ beneath + <?/ down.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also <altname>aftershaft</altname>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Feather</er>.</def>

<h1>Hyporadius</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*ra"di*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hyporadii</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>radius</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See <er>Feather</er>.</def>

<h1>Hyporhachis</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*rha"chis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hyporhachides</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ beneath + <?/ spine.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hyporachis</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hyposkeletal</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*skel"e*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>skeletal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; <as>as, the <ex>hyposkeletal</ex> muscles</as>; -- opposed to <i>episkeletal</i>.</def>

<h1>Hypospadias</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*spa"di*as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ beneath + <?/ to draw, tear.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.</def>

<h1>Hypostasis</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy*pos"ta*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hypostases</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ subsistence, substance, fr. <?/ to stand under; <?/ under + <?/ to stand, middle voice of <?/ to cause to stand. See <er>Hypo-</er>, and <er>Stand</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</def>

<note>&hand; The Council of Alexandria (<er>a</er>.<er>d</er>. 362) defined <i>hypostasis</i> as synonymous with <i>person</i>.</note>

<i>Schaff-Herzog.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment.</def>

<h1>Hypostasize</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy*pos"ta*size</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The pressed Newtonians . . . refused to <b>hypostasize</b> the law of gravitation into an ether. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>