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hy⋅po⋅stat⋅ic

  [hahy-puh-stat-ik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a hypostasis; fundamental.
2. Theology. pertaining to or constituting a distinct personal being or substance.
3. Medicine/Medical. being in a condition of hypostasis.
4. Genetics. (of a nonallelic gene) masked by another gene.
Also, hy⋅po⋅stat⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1670–80; < Gk hypostatikós pertaining to substance, equiv. to hypostat(ós) placed under, giving support (hypo- hypo- + sta- stand + -tos verbal adj. suffix) + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
hy⋅po⋅stat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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hy·pos·ta·sis   (hī-pŏs'tə-sĭs)   
n.   pl. hy·pos·ta·ses (-sēz')

  1. Philosophy The substance, essence, or underlying reality.

  2. Christianity

    1. Any of the persons of the Trinity.

    2. The essential person of Jesus in which his human and divine natures are united.

    3. A settling of solid particles in a fluid.

    4. Something that settles to the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

  3. Something that has been hypostatized.

    1. A settling of solid particles in a fluid.

    2. Something that settles to the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

  5. Medicine The settling of blood in the lower part of an organ or the body as a result of decreased blood flow.

  6. Genetics A condition in which the action of one gene conceals or suppresses the action of another gene that is not its allele but that affects the same part or biochemical process in an organism.


[Late Latin, from Greek hupostasis : hupo-, hypo- + stasis, a standing; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
hy'po·stat'ic (hī'pə-stāt'ĭk), hy'po·stat'i·cal adj., hy'po·stat'i·cal·ly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hy·po·stat·ic
Pronunciation: "hI-p&-'stat-ik
Function: adjective
1 a of a gene : exhibiting hypostasisin the presence of a corresponding epistatic gene b of a hereditary character : suppressed by epistasis : appearing recessive to another character due to mediation bya hypostatic gene
2 : depending on or due to hypostasis
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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