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hypnotk hlp-not'ik) a and n f- P fe 
*w LI /L.iio/,:^ <'?. ' 
tique, <, Ldj.tmmoto i<, < Gr. twwjrotof, inclined 
to sleep, putting to sleep, < few>, put to sleep, 
f , sleep, = 
, 
, , L. MIM, sleep: see *- 
fe(,etc.] . 1. Having the property of pro- 
ducing sleep; tending to produce sleep ; sopo- 
The pulse, in from fifteen to thirty minutes after the 
to/Mie dose is taken, becomes accelerated some six or 
eight beats in a minute, but falls again to its previous rate 
thing is seen. TheearnCTer"lepUnhise"nerf,ne^t " The 
subject believes, and at last do?s, allfh^i"^lJel 
G. S. Hall, German Culture, p. 185. 
H. n. 1. A medicine that produces or tends 
to produce sleep ; an opiate ; a soporific. 
h yP notizer (Mp'no-tMte), n. One who hypno- 
tlze ,? T P rodu ;: es h n^oti S m in another. Also 
"^ K *W""* er - 
, With early A^wte^, "mesmerize," or "magnet- 
izers, ' these experiments were successful, almost without 
exception, with women only. 
G. &W, German Culture, p. 139. 
hypnotoid (hip'no-toid), . [As tooc + 
- td -} Like hypnotism; somewhat hypnotic ; 
due to or resembling the hypnotic state 
ThewonderfulAwmotoWsensitivenesMeadinguRweeks 
afterwards, to an accurately-timed hallucination. 
Proc. Amtr. Sue. Psych. Research, March, 1889 p -XT, 
"0 are in axillary buds. The capsule is solid, long- 
SSt^S^rS^Sr horizontal, more or lesB incurved, 
peris?ome is double tne "utlr consisd'n "oFufrt 
densely articulate, lanceolate-acuminateYee'th the ilS 
e divided to (or nearly to) the middle 
Hypochoerideae 
hypobole (hi-pob'o-le), . [< Gr. feo/3o/i?, a, 
throwing under, a suggesting, reminding, < feo- 
[ia'Ateiv, throw under, < fed, under, + /i'd'/'/tn; 
throw. Cf. hyperbole.] In rhet., a figure in 
which several things are mentioned that seem 
to make against the argument or in favor of the 
opposite side, but each of which is refuted in 
Hypobranchia (hl-po-brang'ki-a), n.pl. [NL., 
< Gr. fed, under, T fipdyxta, guls.] In zool., 
same as InfffoJtram/JiitAia 9 
hypobranchial (hi-po-brang'ki-al), a. and n. [< 
Gr. fed, under, + [ipdy x ia, gills.]" I. a. Situated 
below the gills, or beneath the branchial appa- 
ratus in general.-Hypobrancliial groove, in ascid- 
ians the endostyle. 
II. n. The internal piece of the inferior part 
Hypobranchiata (hl-po-brang-ki-a'ta), n. pi. 
[NL., as Hypobranchia + -ata 2 .] Same as/- 
ferobranchiata, 2. 
hypobranchiate (hl-po-brang'ki-at). a. Per- 
taining to or having the characters of the Hypo- 
It should not be forgotten that the activity of hypnotics 
is increased by combination. Alien, and Neural., VIII. 79. 
2. One who is subject to hypnotism; one in 
whom hypnotism has been induced. 
In certain cases the hypnotic is insensitive. 
Science, XIII. 50. 
It is a recognized fact that the senses of hypnotics fall 
completely under the control of the hypnotizer. 
N. A. Jiev., CXLVL 705. 
hypnotically (hip-not'i-kal-i), adv. By hypno- 
tism ; as regards hypnotism. 
It would be a conceivable hypothesis that the trance- 
condition 18 produced hypnotically. 
Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, I. 257. 
hypnotisable, hypnotisation, etc. See liun- 
notizable, etc. 
hypnotism (hip'no-tizm), w. [= F. hypnotisme; 
as iiypnot-ic + -ism. ] An abnormal mental con- 
dition characterized by insensibility to most 
impressions of sense, with excessive sensibil- 
ity to some impressions, and an appearance of 
total unconsciousness ; especially, that variety 
of this condition which is artificially induced, 
usually by concentrating the attention of the 
subject upon some object of vision, as a bright 
bit of glass, or upon the operator, who gener- 
ally aids in producing the result by making a 
few light passes with his hands. When in this 
condition, the mental action and the volition of the sub- 
ject are to a large extent under the control of the operator 
See mesmerism. Also called braidism. 
Hypnotism or induced somnambulism, whether accom- 
panied by consciousness or not, has been regarded as cov- 
ering thewholeground. Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, 1. 219. 
Hypnotism may be regarded as an artificial catalepsy. 
hypnotist (hip'no-tist), n. [As hypnot-ic + 
-ist.] One who hypnotizes, or believes in hyp- 
notism. 
Attention has been frequently called to the affinity be- 
tween transference of impressions obtained when the 
subject is in a normal state, and those results which 
have been held to indicate a special sympathy or "rap- 
port ' between a hypnotist or mesmerist and a sensitive 
Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, II. 12. 
hypnotistic (hip-no-tis'tik), a. [< hypnotist + 
-ie.] Relating to or inducing hypnotism, 
hypnotizability (hip-no-ti-za-bil'i-ti), n. [< 
hgpnotttable: see-bility.] Susceptibility to hvn- 
notization. 
The author has invented an improved " hypnoscope " or 
ittle magnet, to be applied to the finger, and by the sen- 
sations then 1 aroused to furnish a criterion of the hmiio- 
tizalnlity of the subject. Amer. Jour, of Psychol., L 520. 
hypnotizable (hip'no-ti-za-bl), a. [< 
in all parts of the world. There are 200 North 
American and 90 or more British species. The genus is 
f fl u . ent . ly f ? und '" a f 88il state , ab ut 30 extinct ape- 

-. salt of hypobromous acid. 
hypobrODlOUS (hi-po-bro'mus) a ["< Gr fed 
under, + E. brom(ine) + -ows 1 Used 
"' 
(bi'po), . Like %), an abbreviation of 
ypochondria: commonly in the plural. TCol- 
loq.] 
Polly had strictly forbidden us even to mention that 
corner of the garret to Miss Mehitable, or to ask her leave 
Jf 'T k at ?.* alle ll ' M a reason that "'* would bring on 
her Aj,p 0f( .- H. & S( 0we , oidtown, p. 333. 
typo 2 (hi'po), . In photog., a common ab- 
brevi tion of hyposulphite of soda, a chemical 
extensively used in most photographic pro- 
cesses - 
^TP "/, [ L -' etc., hypo-,< Gr. t'mi, prep., under 
( m a ' senses )> "S deriv. meanings through, 
/' after > etc -i as a prefix, ^TTO-, under, some- 
tlmes diminutive in force; = L. sub, under: 
so . e *" 6 '-] A prefix of Greek origin, cognate 
wl . sllb ~ of Latin origin, and meaning pri- 
marilv 'under,' either in place or in degree 
( ss> les sthan'). Specifically (a) In chem., indi- 
catl S a lower place in a series of compounds, or inferior 
& actn aU 
Va. \ 
-p9-kar-po-je an), a. [< Gr. 
v < under, 4- nap-nof, fruit, + j^, the earth.] 
lSSrtS2ffc ' ^T'l- 
n yP,OCastanumt (m-p9-kas'ta-num), n. [< Gr. 
l 'f> under, + naarava, chestnuts : see Castanea, 
chesten.] A brown lake prepared from the 
horse-chestnut; chestnut-brown. 
hypocatharsis (hi"po-ka-thar'sis), n. [NL., < 
" r - wnwoftvow, in lit. 
n 
and medAeval music : (1) Of intervals, measured downward 
as n.vpodiapente : opposed to hyper- and epi-. (2) Of modes 
and sc ales . beginning at a lower point, usually a perfect 
fourth below : opposed to hyper-. 
hyposeolian (hi"po-e-6'li-an), a. [< hypo- + 
jKolwn.} See under mode. 
hypoarfa (h!-po-a'ri-a), n. pi [NL., < Gr fed 
under, + vdpidv, dim'.' of aov = L. ovum an enn 1 
A pair of ganglia developed beneath the o|fic 
lobes of typical fishes. 
In most osseous fishes the corresponding fibres of the 
prepyramidal tracts sweU out suddenly, beneath the optic 
!? bes> Into two protuberant well-defined oval ganglions 
< h Vl>o^"a); their bulk is increased by added grey matter, 
wb ich variegates their outer surface ; theyare well devell 
op in the mmmon cod, in which, as in some other fishes 
they contain a cavity (hypoarian ventricle). ' 
Owen, Anat. Vert., 1. 279. 
, . ., 
- , . sense a purging down- 
ward > < vvoKaBaipav, purge downward: see co- 
tliarsis.] In pathol., a slight purging. 
hypocaust (hip'o-kast), n. [< L. liypocanstum, 
hypocauston, < Gr. i-n-AKavarov, a vaulted room 
heated by a furnace below, < inronaiciv, burn or 
" eat from below, < inr6, under, below, + xaieiv, 
ourn, > Kavarof, verbal adj. : see caustic.'] In 
arch., an arched fire-chamber, from which heat 
1S distributed through earthenware pipes to the 
rooms above it. The term is also sometimes 
a PP licd to a & V^, *, oven. 
hypoarian (hl-po-a'ri-an), a. Of or relating to 
the hypparia. Hypoarian ventricle, a cavity within 
each of the hypoaria. 
hypobacchius (hi"po-ba-ki'us), . ; pi. hypobac- 
fhii (-1). [< Gr. feo^d^fiof, < fed, under, + 
ftoKxelo; (sc. m>i'f), bacchius: see baccliiua.] In 
anc. pros., a foot consisting of one short time or 
syllable followed by two longs, thus, ^ : 
usually called bacchius. See antibacchius, bac- 
- *r v t- ~ r ~- - *~/, i*. L> i*yi/nv- chius, palimbftcchius. 
tize + -able.} Susceptible 'to hypnotizing influ- hypobasal (hi-po-ba'sal), a. [< Gr. fed, under, + 
ies. Also spelled hypnotisable. /Jaov f ,base.] Behind the basal wall : in botany, 
a term used by Leitgeb to designate the pos- 
terior half of the developing proembryo of vas- 
nnloi. rt^o^o or tnat part w hj cn becomes 
A hypnotisable hysterical girl. 
Alien, and Neural., VII. 406. 
The stube, or stove, of a German inn derived its name 
from the great hypocaust, which is always strongly heated 
tosecure the warmth of the apartment in which it is placed. 
Scott, Anne of Geierstein, xix. 
In the rear were the reservoirs to contain the requisite 
supply of water, and below them the hypocaust or furnace, 
by which it |the baths of Caracalla] was warmed with a 
degree of scientific skill we hardly give the Romans of 
that age credit for. J. Fenjussou, Hist. Arch., I. 332. 
Hypocephalidae (hi"po-se-fal'i-de), n.pl. [NL. 
(Le Conte, 1876), < itypoceplialns + -id<e.] A 
peculiar and anomalous family of Coleoptera, 
represented by the genus Hypocephaltis. 
Hypocephalus (hi-po-sef 'a-lus), . [NL. (Des- 
marest, 1832), < Gr. fed, under, + K<r0a/l#, head.] 
An aberrant genus of beetles, the type of the 
family HypocephaJida; represented by one spe- 
cies, H. armatns of Brazil. This beetle is nearly 
3 inches long, and of strange form, having an enormous 
prothorax and curiously curved spiny legs. The position 
of the genus has been much disputed ; Burmeister and 
others place it with the prionine group of cerambycids, 
while Le Conte considers it to be allied to the rhyncho- 
phorous series. 
hypochil (hip'o-kil), Same as hypochilium. 
hypochilium (hl-po-kiri-um), n.; pi. hypochilia 
(-a). [NL., < Gr. fed, under, + ^ri^of, 'the lip.] 
In hot., the lower part of the labellum or lip of 
certain orchids. 
hypochlorite (hi-po-klo'rit), n. [< hypochlo- 
rous + -z'fc2.] j n c j, em-t a ga i t O j hypochlorous 
*S~1 Tbe . hypochlorites are usually prepared by leading 
the state of being hypnotized lso speed 
Binet holds, many persons who are slightly hypnotiza 
ble may resist h,j,, lm tizatw n successfully, and ought to be 
,^;,,. [Ashypnot-icf-ilh 
.. o-c- 
To bring into the condition of hypnotism. Also 
spelled hypnotise. 
The hmmutuing process may carry a sensitive "subject" 
in a minute or less from u condition of normal waking 
jnto hypnotic sleep. ' 
E. (imneij, Pi-oc. Soc. Psych. Research, II. 63 
hypoblast (hi'po-blast), n. [< Gr. fed, under, 
-f- pfaurrif, a shoot, a bud a eerm 1 1 In bot 
the flatdorsal cotyledon o'f a|l^s.- 2. Inbiol 
the internal or inferior layer of cells of the ei 
ay,o^^^^^ 
cavit y. or the superficial layer of cells of the alimentary 
canal and its annexes. Also tndoblast. Foxier and Bal/our. 
n yPOO\astlC(hl-po-blas'tik), a. [< hypoblast + 
~ lv 'l Pertaining to a hypoblast; developed in 
or from a hypoblast ; endodermal: as huuoWas- 
tic cells 
, ^ 
rus), a. [< hypo- + 
'" a P plled tO *? ** (HC1O) 
bleaching properties, obtained 
[NL. 
(Bentham and Hooker, 1^76),< Hypochceris(-id-) 
+ -*.] A gubtribe of composite plants typi- 
fled by the genus ffypocliaritf. They are annual 
or perennial herbs with radical leaves, scapiform stems, 
bl ' ncts of tne illvoltlc i' e i" many imbricated series 
more or less contracted achenia, and plumose or simple 
