Definition of Hypostasis

1. Noun. The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.

Exact synonyms: Epistasis
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process

2. Noun. The accumulation of blood in an organ.

3. Noun. Any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united.

4. Noun. (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality.
Generic synonyms: Center, Centre, Core, Essence, Gist, Heart, Heart And Soul, Inwardness, Kernel, Marrow, Meat, Nitty-gritty, Nub, Pith, Substance, Sum
Category relationships: Metaphysics
Derivative terms: Hypostatize

Definition of Hypostasis

1. n. That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

Definition of Hypostasis

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Medical Definition of Hypostasis

1. 1. That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing. 2. Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Council of Alexandria (a.d. 362) defined hypostasis as synonymous with person. 3. Principle; an element; used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies. 4. That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Subsistence, substance, fr. To stand under; under + to stand, middle voice of to cause to stand. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypostasis

hyposmia
hyposmosis
hyposmotic
hyposomatotropism
hyposomia
hyposomniac
hypospadiac
hypospadias
hypospadias
hypospadiases
hyposphresia
hyposphyxia
hyposplenism
hypostases
hypostasis (current term)
hypostasis (current term)
hypostatic
hypostatic
hypostatical
hypostatically
hypostatic abscess
hypostatic congestion
hypostatic ectasia
hypostatic pneumonia
hypostatisation
hypostatise
hypostatization
hypostatize
hypostatized
hypostatizes

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