Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z hyporeflectivity The quality of being hyporeflective hyporeflexia Diminished function of one or more reflexes. hyporeflexive Involving underreaction in a reflex response. hyporeflexivity The condition of being hyporeflexive hyporegenerative Characterized by insufficient regeneration. hyporegulate To regulate inadequately hyporegulation inadequate regulation hyporegulator An inadequate regulator hyporelief negative relief, in which a fossil is sunk into a surface hyporeninemia An abnormally low level of renin in the blood. hyporeninemic Exhibiting or relating to hyporeninemia. hyporesorption Reduced or minimal resorption. hyporesponse A less than normal response to a particular stimulus hyporesponsive Less than usually responsive hyporesponsiveness An abnormally low degree of responsiveness hyporesponsivity Synonym of hyporesponsiveness. hyporetinolemia A less than normal amount of retinol in the blood, typically as a result of vitamin A deficiency hyporexia A reduction in appetite; also, the consequent reduction in food intake, if any. hyporexic Relating to, or having, hyporexia (low appetite). hyporhachis The stem of an aftershaft. hyporheic Beneath or alongside the bed of a stream, where water percolates through interstices between the rocks leading to mixing of groundwater and surface water hyporhithral Describing the lower reaches of a relatively fast stream, typically fed by meltwater hyposaline Having an abnormally low salinity. hyposalinity The condition of being hyposaline hyposalivation A reduced level of salivation hyposarca anasarca hyposcenium A low wall in front of the stage of an Ancient Greek theatre. hyposecretion A secretion below the normal value. hyposecretory Relating to, or causing hyposecretion hyposegmentation Division into an unusually small number of segments. hyposegmented Divided into an unusually small number of segments. hyposelenemia The condition of having insufficient selenium in the bloodstream. hyposensitive Having abnormally low sensitivity. hyposensitivity A lower than normal sensitivity (to a stimulus or an allergen). hyposensitization A form of immunotherapy in which the patient is vaccinated with progressively larger doses of an allergen to which they have been diagnosed as being sensitive. hyposensitize To treat by hyposensitization. hyposeptal Below the septum. hyposerotonemia A reduced level of serotonin in the blood hyposerotonergic Less than normally serotonergic hyposexual Of or relating to hyposexuality hyposexuality A significantly low level of sexual desire. hyposexualization Playing down or understating somebody's sexuality. hyposialylate To cause or to undergo hyposialylation. hyposialylation Less than the normal amount of sialylation hyposideremia A deficiency of iron in blood plasma; anemia due to it. hyposideremic Having or pertaining to hyposideremia. hyposiderite Synonym of limonite. hyposignaling A reduced level of signaling hyposin An oligopeptide antihypertensive hyposkeletal Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial. hyposmia A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors. hyposmic Having or relating to hyposmia. hyposmolality An abnormally low osmolality (of a body fluid) hyposmolarity The quality of being hyposmolar. hyposodic Low in sodium hyposomatotropism The presence of a reduced level of somatotropin in the body hyposomnia Inadequate sleep. hypospadiac Relating to hypospadias. hypospadias A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis. hypospadiology The study of hypospadias and its surgical repair. hypospermatogenesis The condition of having decreased sperm production. hypospermatogenetic Relating to, or affected with, hypospermatogenesis. hypospermia An unusually low ejaculate volume. hypospermic Having or relating to hypospermia. hyposphagma A bruise or contusion; a bloodshot eye. hyposphenal Relating to a hyposphene hyposphene A process on the neural arch of the vertebrae of some extinct reptiles hyposphere The lower part of a trochophore. hyposplenia Synonym of hyposplenism. hyposplenic Relating to, or afflicted with hyposplenism hyposplenism A reduction in spleen function. hypospleny Synonym of hyposplenism. hypospray A kind of jet injector. hypostability The condition of being hypostable hypostable Less than normally stable hypostain To accidentally stain with hypo hypostasis A sedimentary deposit, especially in urine. hypostasize To hypostatize. hypostasy hypostasis hypostatic Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union. hypostatical hypostatic hypostatically In a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance. hypostatization The act or process of being hypostatized. hypostatize To render into, or regard as, a separate and distinct substance; to construe a contextually-subjective and complex abstraction, idea, or concept as a universal object without regard to nuance or change in character. hyposternum The hypoplastron. hyposthenia weakness; subnormal strength hyposthenuria A condition where the urine has a relatively low specific gravity, though not necessarily equal to that of plasma. hyposthenuric Relating to or exhibiting hyposthenuria. hypostimulation Reduced level of stimulation. hypostimulatory Relating to, or producing, hypostimulation hypostoichiometric Containing less than the stoichiometric amount of an atom or group hypostoma hypostome hypostomal Relating to a hypostome hypostomatic Having stomata (mostly) on the underneath (foliar abaxial surface) hypostomatous Having a stoma on the lower surface hypostome Any of certain mouth appendages of some insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and hydrozoa; in particular hypostomial Of or pertaining to the hypostome. hypostomium The region immediately anterior of a stomium hypostratotype A stratotype designated after the holostratotype as an additional example of a stratigraphic unit, usually in a different geographic context. hypostress Insufficient stress. hypostria A vertical groove found between the protocone and the hypocone on the crowns of upper molariform teeth of glirans, i.e. rodents and lagomorphs. hypostriid A vertical groove found between the protoconid and the hypoconid on the crowns of lower cheek teeth of castorids, i.e. beavers and closely grouped rodents. hypostrophe The act of a patient turning himself or herself. hypostyle Having a roof supported on a row of columns. hyposuccinylate To succinylate less than normally hyposuccinylation The condition of being hyposuccinylated hyposulculus Synonym of hyposulcus hyposulcus A grooved structure located within the pharynx of tube-dwelling anemones (order Ceriantharia.) hyposulfate Synonym of dithionate. hyposulfatemia A reduced level of sulfate in the blood hyposulfite The SO₂²⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this ion. hyposulfuric Only used in hyposulfuric acid hyposulfurous Of or pertaining to hyposulfurous acid or its derivatives. hyposumoylation Insufficient sumoylation hyposynthesis A reduced rate or amount of synthesis of a particular biochemical substance hypotactic Of or relating to hypotaxis. hypotactically In a hypotactic manner. hypotarsal Relating to the hypotarsus. hypotarsus A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process. hypotaurine An amino sulfinic acid that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of taurine hypotaurodont Less than normally taurodont hypotaxis Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. hypoteloric Relating to hypotelorism hypotelorism A medical condition characterized by abnormally close eyes hypotensin A hypotensive peptide found in the venom of some snakes and scorpions hypotension The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure. hypotensive Having hypotension. hypotenusal Of or relating to the hypotenuse. hypotenuse The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle. hypotestosteronemia The presence of abnormally low amounts of testosterone in the bloodstream. hypotestosteronemic Of, pertaining to, or characterised by hypotestosteronaemia. hypotetraploid having fewer than four times the haploid number of chromosomes in a cell nucleus hypotext An earlier text which serves as the source of a subsequent piece of literature. hypothalamectomy Surgical excision of the hypothalamus. hypothalamic Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus. hypothalamically In a hypothalamic manner hypothalamoadenohypophysial Relating to the hypothalamus and adenohypophysis. hypothalamocerebellar Relating to the hypothalamus and cerebellum. hypothalamohypophysial Relating to the hypothalamus and hypophysis. hypothalamopituitary Of the hypothalamus and the pituitary. hypothalamospinal Relating to the hypothalamus and spinal cord. hypothalamotomy Surgical removal of the hypothalamus. hypothalamus A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system. hypothallial Of or pertaining to a hypothallus. hypothallic Relating to a hypothallus. hypothalline Relating to or resembling a hypothallus. hypothallus The outgrowth of hyphae from under the margin of the thallus of a crustose lichen, connecting the island-like areoles into a single lichen. hypothec In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent. hypotheca The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate hypothecal Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton