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The correct spelling is hypo.
How to pronounce hypo
/ˈhaɪ.pəʊ/
nounIPA: /ˈhaɪ.pəʊ/
Say it like: Hyp-o
The correct spelling is hypo. Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression. For example: "1837 Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens, May 7. 1837, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1."
Usage Examples
“1837 Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens, May 7. 1837, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.”
Definition
noun
- 1.Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression.
- 2.A hypochondriac.
- 3.Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent.
- 4.A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
- 5.The substance sodium hyposulfite.
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