HYPOSTATIC


Meaning of HYPOSTATIC in English

— hypostatically , adv.

/huy'peuh stat"ik/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to a hypostasis; fundamental.

2. Theol. pertaining to or constituting a distinct personal being or substance.

3. Med. being in a condition of hypostasis.

4. Genetics. (of a nonallelic gene) masked by another gene.

Also, hypostatical .

[ 1670-80; hypostatikós pertaining to substance, equiv. to hypostat ( ós ) placed under, giving support ( hypo- HYPO- + sta- STAND + -tos verbal adj. suffix) + -ikos -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .