Hypopyon

(hi-poʻpe-un.) [FromGr. hypo, and pyon, pus.] (Med.) A disorder of the eye, characterized by an apparent aggregation of pus in the chamber of the aqueous humor. Hypostasis, (hi-pos'ta-sis,) pl. HYPOSTASES. [Gr., literally, a standing under.) (Theol.) A term used to denote the subsistence of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost in the Godhead, called by the Greek Christians three hypostases. The Latins more generally used the word persona, and this is the modern practice: hence we say, the Godhead consists of three persons.-HYPOSTATIC UNION signifies the union of Christ's human nature with the divine, constituting two natures in one person. Hypothenuse, (hi-poth'e-nüz.) [From Gr. hypo, and te ino, I draw out.] (Geom.) The sub tense or longest side of a rectangular triangle, or the line that subtends the right angle. Hypothesis, (-poth'e-sis.) (Gr., literally, a placing under.) A principle taken for granted, in order to draw from it a conclusion for the proof of a point in question. Also, a system or theory imagined or a umed to account for what is not understood. Hypoxidacese, (hip-ok-se-da'se-e.) (Bot.) An O. of plants, all. Narc is sales, consisting of herbs with a tuberous or fibrous perennial root, radical lineal dry leaves, and trimerous flowers or scapes. H. erect a, the Star gra , a N. American species, is used as an application for ulcers. 3K (hip-som'e-tre.) [FromGr. hypsos, altitude, and metron, measure.) The art of measuring altitudes by trigonometry or the barometer, or by the observation of the boiling-point of water. (hi'raks.) [Gr., a shrew-mouse.] (Zool.) The Damans, a curious gen. of small pachydermatous animals, fam. Rhinoceridæ, inhabiting rocky and mountainous districts in Africa and Syria. They are of the size of a rabbit, and Cuvier calls them rhinoceroses in miniature without the horn. Fig. 403.- SYRIAN DAMAN. The Syrian Daman, H. • Syriacus (Fig. 403), which is common in Syria, Arabia, and Aby in i a, is doubtle the Cony or Coney of the Scriptures. [s. 473]