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Hypoproteinemia
– definition :
- (noun)
- abnormally low level of protein in the blood; can indicate inadequate diet or intestinal or renal disorders (context:state)
Hypotonicity
– definition :
- (noun)
- (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic (context:state)
- (of a solution) the extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other (context:state)
Hysteresis
– definition :
- (noun)
- the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field (context:phenomenon)
Hypopachus
– definition :
- (noun)
- sheep frogs (context:animal)
Hypotenuse
– definition :
- (noun)
- the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle (context:shape)
Hypoxis
– definition :
- (noun)
- small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass (context:plant)
Hypophysial
– definition :
- (adjective)
- of or relating to the hypophysis (context:pert)
Hypothesize
– definition :
- (verb)
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds (context:cognition)
– Sample : “hypothesize”
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Hyracoidea
– definition :
- (noun)
- hyraxes and some extinct animals (context:animal)
Hyposmia
– definition :
- (noun)
- lessened sensitivity to odors (context:state)
