medical question?

Question

Hi, i was reading a doctors note. I am planning to become a pharmacist, i am working on my tech degree soon. Anyways yesterday me and my brother were readign a doctors note i forgot what it said but it said names of medicine. this is a fake example im gonna give "hypoperoxide" my brother understood the first half "hypo" and the second half "peroxide" he was able to connect them together and understand it. like hypo or something means bleeding. I asked him where i can find that he said webmd.com but when i searched i couldnt find it. in other words can u tell me where i can find the defintions of those kind of words.???

Answer 1

hypo does not mean bleeding. it means low or not enough just like hpyer means too much (hyperactive. . . too much energy). you can get a medical dictionary like "Tabers" or maybe even google the root word to find out what it means or google medical or latin dictionary. Good luck with your studies.

Answer 2

Roots of many words are from the Greek and Latin. Here is an example.


Hypo- is a prefix imported from Greek meaning "below", "low", or "insufficient".

In medicine, this prefix occurs in terms denoting an abnormally low level of a certain substance in the body, such as hypocalcaemia (a low level of serum calcium) and hypoglycaemia (a low level of blood sugar). It is also used in the names of conditions involving under-active functions, such as hypothyroidism and hyposplenism.

In anatomy, the prefix is used in its sense of "below", to describe the location of parts of the body; for example, the hypothalamus is a region of the brain below the thalamus.

In chemical nomenclature, the prefix is used in the names of oxoacids and oxyanions with a low amount of oxygen. For example, the hypochlorite ion (ClO−) has only one oxygen atom, the least of the four oxyanions of chlorine.

In photography, "hypo" refers to sodium thiosulfate, a fixer used in the final stage of dark room photograph creation. Up until the 1970s, sodium thiosulfate was the most commonly used fixer.

As a word, hypo may refer to:

a hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes
the substance sodium hyposulfite
a hypodermic syringe
Hypothecation

Answer 3

can't telll you where to find an online definition, but get a medical dictionary.

for reference Hypo means low as in hypotension = low blood pressure

Hypoglycaemia = low blood sugar

Answer 4

these are greek or latin words...any translation website will tell u this...oh and by the way hypo means "less" in greek (or latin not sure) not bleeding....