hypostasis (redirected from Hypostased)

hypostasis /hy·pos·ta·sis/ (hi-pos´tah-sis) poor or stagnant circulation in a dependent part of the body or an organ.

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hy·pos·ta·sis (h-pst-ss)

n. pl. hy·pos·ta·ses (-sz)

1. A settling of solid particles in a fluid.

2. Sediment.

3. See hypostatic congestion.

4. A condition in which the action of one gene conceals or suppresses the action of another gene that is not its allele but that affects the same part or biochemical process in an organism.

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hypo·static (hp-sttk) adj.

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hypostasis

poor or stagnant circulation in a dependent part of the body or an organ.