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hypo- or hyp-
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1. Below; beneath; under: hypochondriac.
2. Less than normal; deficient: hypofunction.
3. In the lowest state of oxidation: hypoxanthine.

hypo-, hyp-,
prefix meaning "under, below, beneath, deficient," or, in chemistry, "lacking oxygen": hypochlorite, hypodermic, hypodontia.

hypo-
word element. [Gr.] abnormally decreased, deficient, beneath, under.


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