HYPOSTASIS


Meaning of HYPOSTASIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hī-ˈpäs-tə-səs ]

noun

( plural hy·pos·ta·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Late Latin, substance, sediment, from Greek, support, foundation, substance, sediment, from hyphistasthai to stand under, support, from hypo- + histasthai to be standing — more at stand

Date: 1590

1.

a. : something that settles at the bottom of a fluid

b. : the settling of blood in the dependent parts of an organ or body

2. : person 3

3.

a. : the substance or essential nature of an individual

b. : something that is hypostatized

4.

[New Latin, from Late Latin]

: failure of a gene to produce its usual effect when coupled with another gene that is epistatic toward it

• hy·po·stat·ic ˌhī-pə-ˈsta-tik adjective

• hy·po·stat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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