hypostatic

American  

[hahy-puh-stat-ik] / ˌhaɪ pəˈstæt ɪk /

Also hypostatical

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.

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Other Word Forms

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

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

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

Hypostatic congestion and infarction of the lungs are not uncommonly found after death from typhoid fever, and less frequently the lesions of pneumonia.

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

Hyper�mia, oedema, hypostatic congestions, splenization, catarrhal pneumonia, and hepatization affect the lung-tissue in cases fatal by the complications which are associated with such changes.

From Project Gutenberg