hypo-, hyp-

1. A defect in the sense of smell.
2. An abnormally deficient ability of smelling.
3. A reduced ability to detect and to recognize odors.

A sniff of hope for people with damaged smelling capabilities

• There have been few treatments for the condition of the loss of the sense of smelling.
• There is now hope that a long-established asthma drug may help to restore one's smelling.
• Research has shown that levels of two proteins in the nasal lining, called cAMP and cGMP , are low in people with hyposmia.
• Some people have received various doses of theophylline, a drug used to treat asthma, which is known to inhibit the breakdown of cAMP and cGMP.
• At the end of the treatment, 70 percent of the people with hyposmia had an improved sense of smelling, according to standard tests.
• The improvements disappeared when people stopped taking the drug.
• Hyposmia affects around 20 million people in the U.S. alone.
• It can be started by allergies, viral infections, and head injuries.

A condition of getting insufficient sleep.

A reduction in the time of sleeping; insufficient sleep for anyone.

Decrease in normal sleepiness.

A condition of weak or imperfect coordination.

1. In grammar, the dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with connectives.
2. The subordinate status of one clause in relation to another separated from it by a subordinating conjunction; for example, in "I will go when I am ready", the relationship between "I am ready" and "I will go" is one of hypotaxis.

Abnormally low blood pressure.