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Definitions for Hypostasis
[1] Metaphysics . something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
[2] Theology . one of the three real and distinct substances in the one undivided substance or essence of God. a person of the Trinity. the one personality of Christ in which His two natures, human and divine, are united.
[3] Medicine/Medical . the accumulation of blood or its solid components in parts of an organ or body due to poor circulation. such sedimentation, as in a test tube.
[4] metaphysics the essential nature of a substance as opposed to its attributes
[5] Christianity any of the three persons of the Godhead, together constituting the Trinity the one person of Christ in which the divine and human natures are united
[6] the accumulation of blood in an organ or part, under the influence of gravity as the result of poor circulation
[7] another name for epistasis (def. 3)
Words nearby Hypostasis
hyposensitize, hyposmia, hyposomatotropism, hypospadias, hypospray, hypostasis, hypostasize, hypostatic, hypostatic congestion, hypostatic ectasia, hypostatic pneumonia
Origin of Hypostasis
1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek hypóstasis that which settles at the bottom; substance, nature, essence, equivalent to hypo- hypo- + stásis standing, stasis
Other words from Hypostasis
hy′po•stat′ ic (hī′pə-stăt′ ĭk ) adj.
Word origin for Hypostasis
C16: from Late Latin: substance, from Greek hupostasis foundation, from huphistasthai to stand under, from hypo- + histanai to cause to stand