hypo

Meanings

1. Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
2. A hypochondriac.
3. Sodium thiosulfate (also called hyposulfite of soda), a photographic fixing agent.
4. A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
5. A hypodermic syringe or injection.
6. Hypothecation.
7. A hypothetical case.
8. A hypomelanistic snake.

1. To have a hypoglycaemia attack.
2. To administer a hypodermic injection to.
3. To stimulate or boost, as if by administering a hypodermic injection. (Compare hype.)
4. To stimulate or boost (the economy) by the injection of cash, such as with quantitative easing

Etymology

Clipping of various terms beginning with hypo-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”).