hypostasis

noun

(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality

any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united

the accumulation of blood in an organ

the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

Roots

hupohypo- · Greek · under stasisstasis- · Greek · a standing

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