Hyp

n. An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, prop., interchange, exchange, fr, &unr_; to interchange; &unr_; under + &unr_; to change. ] (Gram.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to others. Thus Virgil says, “dare classibus austros, ” to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hypallage, of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Allelomorph.

‖n.; pl. L. Hypanthia E. Hypanthiums [ NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Hypapophyles [ NL. See Hypo-, and Apophysis. ] (Anat.) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as hæmal spines, and chevron bones. -- Hy`pa*po*phys"i*al a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Hypo- + arterial. ] (Anat.) Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hypo- + axial. ] (Anat.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal. [ 1913 Webster ]