hypo-, hyp-
(Greek: under, below, beneath; less than; too little; deficient, diminished; used as a prefix)
acoustic hypoesthesia (hypoacusis)
Partial loss of hearing.
acrohypothermia
Abnormal coldness of the hands and feet.
This is often seen in patients with schizophrenia in whom it is commonly associated with acrocyanosis.
acrohypothermy
Abnormal coldness of the extremities (fingers, hands; toes, feet).
adenohypophysis
A pea-size gland anterior to the neurohypophysis, caudal to the hypothalamus, and sits in the medial aspect of the brain. Its blood supply is the hypophyseal artery, and it secretes hormones into the hypophyseal vein.
adenohypophysitis
Inflammatory reaction or sepsis affecting the anterior pituitary gland, often related to pregnancy.
angiohypotonia
Known as vasodilatation, it refers to dilatation of the blood vessels, particularly functional increase of the arteriolar lumen.
auditory hypoesthesia (hypoacusis)
The partial loss of hearing.
bathyhypoesthesia
A decreased sensibility of body parts which exist below the surface of the skin.
Brachypodosaurus
A “short-footed (or short-legged) lizard” from Late Cretaceous central India. It is said to be named “short-legged lizard” because of the short length of the humerus. Named by Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti in 1934.
brachypodous
cosmic sediment
Particles of extraterrestrial origin which are observed as black magnetic spherules in deep-sea sediments.
hypalgesic
hyphen
hyphenated
hyphenation
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