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Hypostasis

noun

(pl. hypostases)

The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene. Synonym: epistasis.

The accumulation of blood in an organ.

Any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united. Synonym: hypostasis of Christ.

(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality.

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"Hypostasis" Quotes from Famous Books

... your urine, and the hypostasis, [303] Thick and obscure, doth make your danger great: Your veins are full of accidental heat, Whereby the moisture of your blood is dried: The humidum and calor, which some hold Is not a parcel of the elements, But of a substance ...

— Tamburlaine the Great, Part II. • Christopher Marlowe

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