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hippus
1[ hip-uhs ]
noun
, Medicine/Medical.
- spasmodic contraction of the pupil of the eye.
-hippus
2- variant of hippo- as final element of compounds:
eohippus.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hippus1
1675–85; < New Latin < Greek híppos horse, complaint of the eye
Origin of hippus2
< Latin < Greek -hippos
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Example Sentences
What may have been the original of the term Hippa, and Hippus, will be matter of future disquisition.
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Hippus had never been a model of manly beauty, but to-day he was positively uncanny.
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And though I am not quite sure how Hippus will take it, I am inclined to believe it will perplex him.
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As soon as Hippus felt the cold on his boot, he stood still and cried out, "Water!"
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Changing his mode of attack, he suddenly asked, "Do you know a certain Hippus?"
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