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another ; morphe, shape.] Allelo- 

 morphs which under certain con- 

 ditions are themselves compound 

 (biol.}. 



hypanthium (hipan'thmm) n. [Gk. 

 hypo, under ; anthos, flower.] Any 

 enlargement of the torus (dot.}. 



hypanthodium (hip'antho'dium) n. 

 [Gk. hypo, under ; anthodes, like 

 flowers.] An inflorescence with a 

 concave capitulum on the walls of 

 which the flowers are arranged 

 (bot.}. 



hypantrum (hipan'trum) n. [Gk. 

 hypo, under ; antron, cave.] A 

 notch on the vertebrae of certain 

 reptiles for articulation with the 

 hyposphene (pal.}. 



hypapophysis (hip'apof'isis) n. [Gk. 

 hypo, under ; apo, upon ; phyein, to 

 grow.] A ventral process on a 

 vertebra (anat.}. 



hyparterial (hip'arte'rial) a. [Gk. 

 hypo, under ; L. arteria, channel.] 

 Situated below an artery ; appl. 

 branch of the right bronchus 

 (anat.}. 



hypaxial (hipak'sial) a. [Gk. hypo, 

 under ; L. axis, axis.] Ventral, or 

 below the vertebral column ; appl. 

 muscles (zool.}. 



hyperapophysis (hi'perapof'isis) n. 

 [Gk. hyper, above ; apo, from ; 

 phyein, to grow.] A postero-lateral 

 process of the dorsal side of a 

 vertebra (zool.}. 



hyperchromasy (hl'perkro'masT) n. 

 [Gk. hyper, above ; chroma, colour.] 

 A relatively superabundant supply 

 of chromatin to cytoplasm in a cell 

 (biol.}. 



hyperchromatosis (hi'perkro'mato'sis) 

 n. [Gk. hyper, above ; chroma, 

 colour.] The excess of nuclear 

 substance in a cell just previous to 

 division (zool.}. 



hypercoracoid (hl'pfirkor'akoid) a. 

 [Gk. hy^per, above ; korax, crow ; 

 eidos, like.] Pert, or designating 

 the upper bone at the base of a 

 pectoral fin in Fishes (zool.}. 



hypermetamorphosis (hl'perme't'a- 

 mor'fosis) n. [Gk. hyper, above ; 

 meta, after ; morphe, shape.] A 

 protracted and thoroughgoing 

 metamorphosis (zool.}. 



hyperparasite (hl'perpar'aslt) n. [Gk. 



hyper, above ; para, beside ; sites, 

 food.] A parasite which is para- 

 sitic on or in another parasite 

 (biol.}. 



hyperpnoea (hl'perpne'a) n. [Gk. 

 hyper, above ; pnoe, breath.] Rapid 

 breathing due to an insufficient 

 supply of oxygen (phys.}. 



hyper-sensitivity (hl'pgrsen'sitiv'itT) n. 

 [Gk. hyper, above ; L. sentire, to 

 feel.] A condition of being unduly 

 sensitive to any drug (phys.}. 



hypertely (hlper't&li) n. [Gk. hyper, 

 above ; telos, end.] Any imitation 

 in colour or pattern which has 

 overshot the mark (zool.}. 



hypertonia (hi'pgrto'ma) n. [Gk. 

 hyper, above ; tonos, tone.] Ex- 

 cessive tonicity (phys.}. 



hypertrophy (hlper'troff) n. [Gk. 

 hyper, above ; trophe, nourishment.] 

 An excessive growth or develop- 

 ment (biol.}. 



hypha (hi'fa) n. [Gk. hyphe, web.] 

 The thread-like element of the 

 vegetative mycelium of a Fungus 

 (bot.}. 



hyphasma (hifaz'ma) n. [Gk. hyphas- 

 ma, thing woven.] A barren 

 mycelium (bot.}. 



hyphodrome (hl'fodrom) n. [Gk. 

 hyphe, web ; dromein, to run.] 

 Running throughout the tissues ; 

 appl. thick leaves where the veins 

 are not visible from the surface 

 (bot.}. 



hypnocyst (hlp'nosist) n. [Gk. hypnos, 

 sleep ; kystis, bladder.] A cyst in 

 which the contained organism 

 simply rests (zool.}. 



hypnody (hlp'nodl) n. [Gk. hypnodia, 

 sleepiness.] The long resting 

 period passed by certain larval 

 forms (zool.}. 



hypnogenic (hip'nojen'ik) a. [Gk. 

 hypnos, sleep ; genos, offspring.] 

 Sleep-producing ; appl. influences 

 or localities which tend to produce 

 hypnosis (phys.}. 



hypnospenn (hip'nosperm) n. [Gk. 

 hypnos, sleep ; spernia, seed.] A 

 hypnospore (bot.}. 



hypnosporangium(hip'n6sp6ran'jium) 

 n. [Gk. hypnos, sleep ; sporos, 

 seed ; anggeion, vessel.] A spor- 

 angium containing resting spores 

 (bot.}. 



