hypobole

[Greek hypobolē, from hypo = under, and ballo to throw.] Rhet.: A figure in which several things which seem to be opposed to the argument are mentioned, each of them being then refuted in turn. hy-pô-brăn-chi-alş, s. pl. [Pref. hypo-, and pl. of branchial (q. v.).] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; hypochondriac Comp. Anat. & Ichthy .: The lower portion of the branchial arches or supports of the gills in fishes. hy-pô-brō-mite, s. [Eng. hypobrom ( ous ); -ite.] Chem.: A salt of hypo bromo us-acid (q. v.). hy-po-brō-mous, a . [Pref. hypo- ; Eng. brom( ine ), and suff -ous.] (See the compound.) hypo bromo us-acid, s. Chem.: HBrO. A solution of this acid can be obtained by shaking bromine water with mercuric oxide, HgO, and then shaking the yellow liquid succe ively with Br2 and HgO; a liquid can thus be formed which contains 62 per cent. of bromine combined as hypo bromo us acid, HgO+2Br2+H2O= 2(HBrO)+HgBr2. It is a powerful oxidizing agent, and bleaches vegetable colors. Bromine added to milk of lime forms a compound resembring bleaching powder; it may be a mixture of CaBr2 with hypobromite of calcium, Ca(BrO)2. hy-po-car-pô-gě-an, a . [Pref. hypo-; Gr. kar pos =fruit; ge =the earth, and Eng. suff. -an.] Bot .: Producing its fruit below the ground. hỹ pổ cạ thăr-sis, s. [Pref. hypo-, and Eng., ., catharsis.] Phar.: Slight purging. hy-pô-câu-sis, s . [Gr.] [HYPOCAUST.] Among the Greeks, a furnace with flues running underneath the pavement of an apartment, to increase the tem perature.