Look up: hypostasis

1. hypostasis
   [n] - the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene 2. [n] - the accumulation of blood in an organ 3. [n] - any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united 4. [n] - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
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2. Hypostasis
   Hy·pos'ta·sis noun ; plural Hypostases . [ Latin , from Greek ... subsistence, substance, from ... to stand under; ... under + ... to stand, middle voice of ... to cause to stand. See Hypo- , and Stand .] 1. That wh...
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3. hypostasis
   1. That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing. ... 2. Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the F...
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4. hypostasis
   noun (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
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5. hypostasis
   noun the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
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6. hypostasis
   (hi-pos´tә-sis) poor or stagnant circulation of the blood, often with a deposit or sediment, in a dependent part of the body or an organ.
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7. Hypostasis
   • (n.) Substance; subsistence; essence; person; personality; -- used by the early theologians to denote any one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. • (n.) That which is deposited at the bottom of a fluid; sediment. • (n.) Principle; an element; ...
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8. hypostasis
   (from the article `Christianity`) ...Constantinople in 381; and Chalcedon in 451). The key ideas of these Christological and Trinitarian debates and their conclusions were based upon ... ...reaction led by Pope Leo I (reigned 440–461) against this one-nature (Monophysite) doctrine culminated in the Council of Chalcedon (451), which...
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9. Hypostasis
   Literally the Greek word signifies that which stands under and serves as a support. In philosophy it means a singular substance, also called a supposite, suppositum, by the Scholastics, especially if the substance is a completely subsisting one, whether non-living or living, irrational or rational. ...
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10. hypostasis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hi-pos′tă-sis Definitions: 1. Formation of a sediment at the bottom of a liquid. 2. The phenomenon whereby the phenotype that would ordinarily be manifested at one locus is obscured by the genotype at another epistatic locus; in humans, the phenotype for the ABO ...
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11. Hypostasis
    (Neoplatonism) The word `hypostasis` means underlying state or underlying substance. It is the fundamental reality that supports all else. Neoplatonists argue that behind the surface phenomena that present themselves to our senses are three higher spiritual principles or hypostases, each one ...
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12. Hypostasis
    (linguistics) In linguistics, a `hypostasis` (from the Greek word ὑπόστασις meaning foundation, base or that which stands behind), is a relationship between a name and a known quantity, as a cultural personification (i.e. objectification w...
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13. Hypostasis
    (philosophy) In Christian usage, the ὑπόστᾰσις-->) means beneath-standing or underpinning and, by extension, the existence of some thing. In the ecumenical councils the terminology was clarified and standardized, so that the formula "Three...
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14. Hypostasis
    (organisation) `Hypostasis Ltd` is an Australian-based not-for-profit organisation that provides peer support for people with type 1 diabetes (previously known as juvenile-onset or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)), their friends and family. External links :
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