See Also: hypsi-(medicine)
hypsi-(dictionary)

hypsi- (iou)



hypsi- combining form.
[Repr. Greek hupsi- on high, aloft: see -I-.]
Used in senses 'high', 'height'.
hypsice'phalic adjective (Anthropology) having a skull that is high and broad in relation to its anteroposterior length L19.
hypsiconch ,
hypsi'conchic adjectives (Anthropology) in which the orbit of the eye is high in relation to its width E20.
hypsiconchous adjective (Anthropology) = hypsiconch(ic) L19.
hypsiconchy noun (Anthropology) the condition of being hypsiconchic E20.
hypsi'thermal adjective designating a period of the Holocene when the northern hemisphere was relatively warm, usually put at about 8000 to 1000 BC M20.