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?

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It is likely he will die of hypostatic pneumonia.

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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.

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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.

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Other morbid conditions of the respiratory organs which may occur as complications of typhoid fever are oedema, infarction, hypostatic congestion of the lungs, emphysema, and pneumothorax.

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