hypostasis

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Synonyms: hypostases, hypostatic, hemostasis, hypostasize, hæmostasis, hypotaxis, cytostasis, homostasis, hypostasise, hypostypsis, apostasis

Antonyms: hypostases, hypostatic, hemostasis, hypostasize, hæmostasis, hypotaxis, cytostasis, homostasis, hypostasise, hypostypsis, apostasis

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|medicine|archaic}} A [[sedimentary]] [[deposit]], especially in [[urine]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|theology}} The essential [[person]], specifically the single person of [[Christ]] (as distinguished from his ‘nature(s)’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the [[Trinity]] (sharing a single ‘essence’). {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|philosophy}} The underlying [[reality]] or [[substance]] of something. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|genetics}} The effect of one [[gene]] preventing another from [[expressing]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
5. [[postmortem|Postmortem]] [[lividity]]; [[livor mortis]]; [[suggillation]].

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