| hypogean | <botany> Hypogeous. Alternative forms: hypogaean. Origin: Pref. Hypo- + Gr. Earth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hypogene | <geology> Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene. Origin: Pref. Hypo- + the root of Gr. To be born: cf. F. Hypogene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hypogenesis | Congenital defect of growth with underdevelopment of parts or organs of the body. Origin: hypo-+ G. Genesis, origin Polar hypogenesis, a less than normal degree of development at the cephalic or caudal extremity of the embryo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypogenetic | Relating to hypogenesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypogenitalism | Partial or complete failure of maturation of the genitalia; commonly, a consequence of hypogonadism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypogeous | <botany> Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground. Alternative forms: hypogaeous. See: Hypogean. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hypogeusia | Blunting of the sense of taste. Origin: hypo-+ G. Geusis, taste (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoglobulia | Old term for abnormally low numbers of red blood cells in the circulating blood; also used infrequently with reference to abnormally decreased proportions of erythroid elements in the bone marrow. Origin: hypo-+ G. Globulus, globule (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoglossal | <anatomy> Under the tongue; applied especially, in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue. One of the hypoglossal nerves. Origin: Pref. Hypo- + Gr. The tongue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hypoglossal canal | The canal through which the hypoglossal nerve emerges from the skull. Synonym: canalis hypoglossalis, anterior condyloid canal of occipital bone, anterior condyloid foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoglossal eminence | A slight elevation in the floor of the inferior recess of the fourth ventricle, beneath which is the nucleus of origin of the twelfth cranial nerve. Synonym: trigonum nervi hypoglossi, eminentia hypoglossi, hypoglossal eminence, trigone of hypoglossal nerve, trigonum hypoglossi, tuberculum hypoglossi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoglossal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The hypoglossal nerve enervates the muscles of the tongue. Lesions of the twelfth cranial nerve result in deviation of the tongue toward the paralysed side and thick speech. Synonym: cranial nerve XII. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hypoglossal nucleus | The motor nucleus innervating the intrinsic and four of the five extrinsic muscles of the tongue; it is located in the medulla oblongata near the midline, immediately beneath the floor of the inferior recess of the rhomboid fossa. Synonym: nucleus nervi hypoglossi, nucleus of hypoglossal nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoglossal trigone | A slight elevation in the floor of the inferior recess of the fourth ventricle, beneath which is the nucleus of origin of the twelfth cranial nerve. Synonym: trigonum nervi hypoglossi, eminentia hypoglossi, hypoglossal eminence, trigone of hypoglossal nerve, trigonum hypoglossi, tuberculum hypoglossi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoglossis | The undersurface of the tongue. Synonym: hypoglossis. Origin: G. Hypoglossis, or -glottis, undersurface of tongue, fr. Hypo, under, + glossa, tongue (05 Mar 2000) |