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- noun Plural form of
hypo .
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Examples
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I swear, I spent about 1,000 nanites on JUST toxin hypos.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ben Abraham 2007
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I swear, I spent about 1,000 nanites on JUST toxin hypos.
Post #3 - So when's this whole 'criticism' business going to come in? Ben Abraham 2007
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Mr Edge, who almost fell into a coma three times, said it was only thanks to his familiarity with his condition that he spotted the signs of plummeting blood sugar levels - known as hypos - and was able to alert the medical staff.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Mr Edge, who almost fell into a coma three times, said it was only thanks to his familiarity with his condition that he spotted the signs of plummeting blood sugar levels - known as hypos - and was able to alert the medical staff.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Common sense teaches him to concentrate his attention elsewhere; similarly, it demands that the victim of "hypos" disregard his various sensations and devote his attention to outside affairs, unless the sensations are accompanied by obvious physical signs.
Why Worry? George Lincoln Walton 1897
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The sensible student learns to quiet these fears, but the victim of "hypos" returns again and again for examination, and perhaps finally reaches the point of imparting, instead of obtaining, information, like the patient in a recent anecdote from the _Youth's Companion_:
Why Worry? George Lincoln Walton 1897
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We did n't know what "hypos" were, but we supposed of course they must be something dreadful; but the very fearfulness of the consequences that might ensue from our getting behind those fatal barrels only made them still more attractive.
Oldtown Folks 1869
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His levels are relatively stable, he doesn't have as many "hypos" (hyperglycaemic attacks caused by a sudden drop in blood sugar) as he once did, and his weight is under control after he initially gained four kilos as part of his four daily insulin injections.
AFL Latest News 2010
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His levels are relatively stable, he doesn't have as many "hypos" (hyperglycaemic attacks caused by a sudden drop in blood sugar) as he once did, and his weight is under control after he initially gained four kilos as part of his four daily insulin injections.
AFL Latest News 2010
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The research team found that using an artificial pancreas system overnight can significantly reduce the risk of hypoglycemia, or "hypos", when blood glucose levels drop dangerously low, while sleeping.
hill7 commented on the word hypos
This word is used in "Moby Dick:"
. . .whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet: and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street. . .
June 17, 2009