Meanings
adjectivehypodynamic (comparative more hypodynamic, superlative most hypodynamic)
comparative more hypodynamic · superlative most hypodynamic
- medicineDescribing a decrease in both blood pressure and pulse pressure
These hypodynamic changes occur despite the continued high circulating concentrations of IL-1β and IL-6 2 indicating that the osteoblasts, and, likely, the osteocytes, are apoptotic.
2015 February 24, Gordon L Klein, “Disruption of bone and skeletal muscle in severe burns”, in Bone Research, volume 3, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
- Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
- Englishhypo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
- Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
- Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
- Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
- Frenchdynamique
- Englishdynamic
- Englishhypodynamic
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APA
hypodynamic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypodynamic
MLA
“hypodynamic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypodynamic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypodynamic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypodynamic.
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