Definition of Hypostatic

1. a. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.

Definition of Hypostatic

1. Adjective. (theology) Pertaining to hypostasis, especially with reference to hypostatic union. ¹

2. Adjective. (medicine) Pertaining to hypostasis. ¹

3. Adjective. (genetics) Of a gene, affected by hypostasis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypostatic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hypostatic

1. Describes a type of interaction between two genes which are not alleles of one another. One gene suppresses the expression of the other gene. (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypostatic

hypospadiases
hyposphagma
hyposphresia
hyposphyxia
hypospray
hyposprays
hypostases
hypostasis
hypostasize
hypostasized
hypostasizes
hypostasizing
hypostatic (current term)
hypostatic abscess
hypostatic congestion
hypostatic ectasia
hypostatic pneumonia
hypostatical
hypostatically
hypostatisation
hypostatise
hypostatization
hypostatizations
hypostatize
hypostatized
hypostatizes
hypostatizing

Literary usage of Hypostatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Statement of Reasons for Not Believing the Doctrines of Trinitarians by Andrews Norton, William Newell (1886)
"IT may throw some further light upon the human origin of the doctrine of the Trinity, briefly to notice the history of that of the hypostatic Union. ..."

2. Diseases of the Bronchi, Lungs and Pleura, by Friedrich Albin Hoffmann, Ottomar Rosenbach, Emanuel Aufrecht, John Herr Musser, Alfred Stengel (1902)
"hypostatic PNEUMONIA. "THE engorgement of blood or serum, often found in the posterior parts of the lungs of cadavers, has heretofore been considered a ..."

3. Diseases of the Lungs: Designed to be a Practical Presentation of the by Robert Hall Babcock (1907)
"hypostatic Congestion.—This is the term applied to that form of pulmonary congestion which is secn in persons confined for a long time in the recumbent ..."

4. Diseases of the Lungs, Heart, and Kidneys by Nathan Smith Davis (1892)
"hypostatic AND PASSIVE CONGESTION. Causes of hypostatic Congestion.—hypostatic congestion is a secondary lesion of frequent occurrence. ..."

5. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"present, unless hydrothorax or hypostatic pneumonia complicate the oedema. ... V. hypostatic PNEUMONIA. In long-standing passive congestion, the alveoli of ..."

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