— hyporchematic /huy'peuhr kee mat"ik/ , adj.
/huy'peuhr kee"meuh/ , n. , pl. hyporchemata /-meuh teuh/ .
a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
[ 1595-1605; hypórchema, equiv. to hyp- HYP- + orche- (var. s. of orcheîsthai to dance with or to music; see ORCHESTRA) + -ma neut. n. suffix ]