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1. (n.) hypostasis
(in philosophy) the underlying or essential part of anything, as distinguished from attributes; substance; essence.
2. hypostasis
(in Christianity) one of the three real and distinct substances in the one undivided substance or essence of God.
3. hypostasis
a person of the Trinity.
4. hypostasis
the one personality of Christ in which two natures, human and divine, are united.
5. hypostasis
the accumulation of blood or its solid components in parts of an organ or body due to poor circulation.
6. hypostasis
sedimentation, as in a test tube.
Etymology: (1580–90; < LL < Gk hypóstasis sediment, substance, nature, essence, der. (with -sis-sis ) of hyphístasthai to stand under as a support, subsist, exist; see hypo- , stasis)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hypostasis, epistasis
the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
2. (noun) hypostasis
the accumulation of blood in an organ
3. (noun) hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ
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) hypostasis
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hypostasis
that which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing
2. (noun) hypostasis
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
3. (noun) hypostasis
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. (noun) hypostasis
that which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment
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