hypostatic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
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Theology. pertaining to or constituting a distinct personal being or substance.
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Medicine/Medical. being in a condition of hypostasis.
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Genetics. (of a nonallelic gene) masked by another gene.
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Etymology
Origin of hypostatic
1670–80; < Greek hypostatikós pertaining to substance, equivalent to hypostat ( ós ) placed under, giving support ( hypo- hypo- + sta- stand + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + -ikos -ic
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The alleles that are being masked or silenced are said to be hypostatic to the epistatic alleles that are doing the masking.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Three offspring are yellow because Y is hypostatic to w.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
What happens to this notion of goodness and purity when the common and the royal come together in a single person, in a Burke's Peerage version of the hypostatic union?
From Time ● Jul. 25, 2013
True pneumonia is of infrequent occurrence as compared with that of hypostatic congestion of the lungs, but it nevertheless does occur, and may be of either the catarrhal or croupous variety.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The author of "Supernatural Religion" asserts:— "The Fourth Gospel proclaims the doctrine of an hypostatic Trinity in a more advanced form than any other writing of the New Testament."
From The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself by Michael Ferrebee Sadler
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