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

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

While Barth seems to be crudely baiting religion, he is actually enunciating his concern with the theological conception of the hypostatic nature of Christ�that Christ was both fully human and fully divine.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various