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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In chem., containing less oxygen than phosphorous acid contains.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to hypophosphorous acid or its derivatives
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus in a lower state of oxidation than in phosphoric compounds.
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hypodermic, hypoglycemia, hypesthesia, hypoallergenic, hypotaxis, hypophosphorous
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