hypo
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhaɪpoʊ/
- Archaic
:
jeringa
- I felt the needling lance of the probes in the flesh at the base of my skull and then the swift, painful jab of the hypo as the tech injected the neural buffer.
Well, I took and and cut a hole in the boxing glove and stuck a tube from there up his arm, glued it off camera came to a big giant hypo.
- Well, I took and and cut a hole in the boxing glove and stuck a tube from there up his arm, glued it off camera came to a big giant hypo.
Examples
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The nurse starts preparing a hypo at her station.
Fiction book (2001) -
Leon was ready with the hypos when Luis returned to his corner.
Fiction book (2001) -
"I am to give him a hypo," I staggered out the door; there was nothing else to do.
Academic text (1997) -
He bought a sterilized hypo
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The nurse, distracted, nods and retreats toward Verger with the hypo.
Fiction book (2001) -
He went to the dispenser, got a hypo, and injected it into Livida's arm.
Fiction book (1998) -
"He inserted an ampule into the hypo-spray, pressed the tip to his patient's arm, and pushed the plunger home.
Fiction book (1992) -
He produced a pressure hypo, put it at the back of Luis's head just below the cranium, and pushed the injector.
Fiction book (2001) -
For good measure, Keiko dug out the hypo and injected him with a double dose of broad-spectrum antibiotics and an antivenom shot.
Fiction book (1992) -
The nurse prepares a hypo to give Jason his vaccination.
Synonyms
99
3.6
A medical tool with a hollow tube and plunger to push or pull liquid from the body
5
5.5
A syringe with a hollow needle for injecting medicine under the skin
1
4.9
A small tube with a thin needle used to put medicine under the skin
Compounds
- Specialized
A type of steel with less than 0.9% carbon that has both softer and harder parts
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hypo for a syringe is a short form of hypodermic, which has hypo- 'under' and a part meaning 'skin'. So a 'hypo' is something that goes 'under the skin' to give an injection.