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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•pos•ta•sis (hī pos′tə sis, hi-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz′).USA pronunciation - Philosophy[Metaphys.]
- something that stands under and supports;
foundation. - the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes;
substance, essence, or essential principle.
- Religion[Theol.]
- one of the three real and distinct substances in the one undivided substance or essence of God.
- a person of the Trinity.
- the one personality of Christ in which His two natures, human and divine, are united.
- Medicine
- the accumulation of blood or its solid components in parts of an organ or body due to poor circulation.
- such sedimentation, as in a test tube.
- Greek hypóstasis that which settles at the bottom; substance, nature, essence, equivalent. to hypo- hypo- + stásis standing, stasis
- Late Latin
- 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hypostasis /haɪˈpɒstəsɪs/ n ( pl -ses / -ˌsiːz/)- the essential nature of a substance as opposed to its attributes
- any of the three persons of the Godhead, together constituting the Trinity
- the one person of Christ in which the divine and human natures are united
- the accumulation of blood in an organ or part, under the influence of gravity as the result of poor circulation
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin: substance, from Greek hupostasis foundation, from huphistasthai to stand under, from hypo- + histanai to cause to standhypostatic /ˌhaɪpəˈstætɪk/, ˌhypoˈstatical adj |