hypostatic

Also hy·po·stat·i·cal

[hahy-puh-stat-ik]

adjective

1. of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.

2. Theology.,  pertaining to or constituting a distinct personal being or substance.

3. Medicine/Medical.,  being in a condition of hypostasis.

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

Other Word Forms

• hypostatically adverb
• nonhypostatic adjective
• nonhypostatical adjective
• nonhypostatically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypostatic¹

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

Example Sentences

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

It is likely he will die of hypostatic pneumonia.

From The Guardian

When the attack is more severe hypostatic congestion is very likely to supervene.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

In many epidemics bronchitis, hypostatic congestion, and pneumonia are of rare occurrence, while in others, as in Philadelphia in 1870, they are comparatively frequent and lead to serious respiratory symptoms.

From Project Gutenberg