English dictionary: words starting with h - page 213

Meanings of Hypocritically:

adverb

In a way that shows that particular moral beliefs you say you have are not sincere

Usage examples:

People who hypocritically claim to despise scandal still buy tabloid newspapers to read about it., …

Meanings of Hypocycloid:

noun

The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which is rolling on the interior of another circle.

Usage examples:

It was also investigated by steiner in 1856 and is sometimes called steiner's hypocycloid.

Meanings of Hypodermic:

adjective

Relating to the region immediately beneath the skin.

Usage examples:

Tpni 6a exons, the transcripts of which are mainly expressed in larval hypodermic muscles, may have…

noun

A hypodermic syringe or injection.

Usage examples:

The hypodermics left strewn around the piazza

Meanings of Hypodermics:

noun

A hypodermic syringe or injection.

Usage examples:

The hypodermics left strewn around the piazza

adjective

Relating to the region immediately beneath the skin.

Usage examples:

Tpni 6a exons, the transcripts of which are mainly expressed in larval hypodermic muscles, may have…

Meanings of Hypogastria:

noun

The part of the central abdomen which is situated below the region of the stomach.

Usage examples:

We used a trocarless puncture in the hypogastrium to pass the distal aortic clamp.

Meanings of Hypogastric:

adjective

Relating to the part of the central abdomen which is situated below the region of the stomach.

Usage examples:

Hypogastric arteries

Meanings of Hypogastrium:

noun

The part of the central abdomen which is situated below the region of the stomach.

Usage examples:

We used a trocarless puncture in the hypogastrium to pass the distal aortic clamp.

Meanings of Hypogea:

noun

An underground chamber.

Usage examples:

On the island of malta, where great colossal statues of goddesses still stand, is the underground h…

Meanings of Hypogeal:

adjective

Underground; subterranean.

Usage examples:

Quercus seedlings have hypogeal cotyledons and tap roots, both of which act as storage organs.

Meanings of Hypogean:

adjective

Underground; subterranean.

Usage examples:

Quercus seedlings have hypogeal cotyledons and tap roots, both of which act as storage organs.

Meanings of Hypogene:

adjective

Producing or occurring under the surface of the earth.

Usage examples:

As fluids moved out from the intrusions, hypogene mineralization progressed in four stages.

Meanings of Hypogeum:

noun

An underground chamber.

Usage examples:

On the island of malta, where great colossal statues of goddesses still stand, is the underground h…

Meanings of Hypoglossal:

adjective

Relating to the area below the tongue

Usage examples:

A hypoglossal nerve

Meanings of Hypoglycaemia:

noun

Deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream.

Usage examples:

Patients with diabetes experiencing nocturnal hypoglycemia may have night sweats without other hypo…

Meanings of Hypoglycemia:

noun

Deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream.

Usage examples:

Patients with diabetes experiencing nocturnal hypoglycemia may have night sweats without other hypo…

Meanings of Hypoglycemic:

adjective

Related to or suffering from a medical condition resulting from dangerously low levels of sugar in the blood

Usage examples:

As a diabetic she was accustomed to the occasional hypoglycemic attack., she knows the symptoms of …

Meanings of Hypogonadism:

noun

Reduction or absence of hormone secretion or other physiological activity of the gonads (testes or ovaries).

Usage examples:

Medical disorders such as cushing's syndrome, hypothyroidism and hypogonadism rarely cause obesity.

Meanings of Hypogynous:

adjective

(of a plant or flower) having the stamens and other floral parts situated below the carpels (or gynoecium).

Usage examples:

The hypogynous, 5-lobed nectariferous disc considerably exceeds the ovary in volume.

Meanings of Hypoid:

noun

A bevel wheel with teeth engaging with a spiral pinion mounted at right angles to the wheel's axis, used to connect non-intersecting shafts in vehicle transmissions and other mechanisms.

Usage examples:

Inside the diff, the hypoid ring-and-pinion gear is connected to the left and right half shafts via…

Meanings of Hypokalemia:

noun

Deficiency of potassium in the bloodstream.

Usage examples:

Underlying causes of atrial fibrillation should be treated, including infection, congestive heart f…

Meanings of Hypolimnia:

noun

The lower layer of water in a stratified lake, typically cooler than the water above and relatively stagnant.

Usage examples:

Mehg accumulated in the hypolimnion of lake 240 when oxygen was present.

Meanings of Hypolimnion:

noun

The lower layer of water in a stratified lake, typically cooler than the water above and relatively stagnant.

Usage examples:

Mehg accumulated in the hypolimnion of lake 240 when oxygen was present.

Meanings of Hypomania:

noun

A mild form of mania, marked by elation and hyperactivity.

Usage examples:

As noted earlier, patients suffering from mania or hypomania seldom consult psychoanalysts.

Meanings of Hyponatremia:

noun

A lower than normal level of sodium in the bloodstream.

Meanings of Hyponym:

noun

A word of more specific meaning than a general or superordinate term applicable to it. for example, spoon is a hyponym of cutlery.

Usage examples:

As we saw in chapter 7, we can appeal to entailment in order to define the relation between a super…