HYPOGAEIC
Hyp`o*gæ"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^, earth.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut (Arachis hypogæa). Hypogæic acid (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from which it is extracted as a white, crystalline substance.
HYPOGASTRIC
Hyp`o*gas"tric, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hypogastrique. See Hypogastrium.]
(Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region. Hypogastric region. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions.
HYPOGASTRIUM
Hyp`o*gas"tri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The lower part of the abdomen.
HYPOGEAN
Hyp`o*ge"an, a. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Hypogeous. [Written also hypogæan.]
HYPOGENE
Hyp"o*gene, a. Etym: [Pref. hypo- + the root of Gr. hypogène.]
(Geol.)
Defn: 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.