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Responsive vs Hyporesponsive - What's the difference?

responsive | hyporesponsive |

As adjectives the difference between responsive and hyporesponsive

is that responsive is answering, replying or responding while hyporesponsive is (immunology) less than usually responsive.

responsive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Answering, replying or responding.
  • Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
  • Using antiphons; antiphonal.
  • Susceptible to the feelings of others.
  • (obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
  • (obsolete) responsible
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Antonyms

    * nonresponsive * unresponsive

    Derived terms

    * responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----

    hyporesponsive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (immunology) Less than usually responsive