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


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And we know that when man is perfected, Adam will remember his entire self in all his hypostases, in the reverse stream of time, flowing back to the gates of Eden, and primeval man will remember his Eden.
Viacheslav Ivanov: culture and memory by Banerjee, Maria Nemcova / Modern Age
In Christ, true God and true man, the locus of the hypostases of divine and human natures, he finds the perfect metaphor for the analogical image.
Analyzing the literary image by Urbanczyk, Aaron / Modern Age
The key was determining that its second part consisted of nine hypotheses: of five interlocking positive hypotheses and four interlocking negative, the positive each dealing with the five hypostases or levels of reality (beginning with the One and descending via Mind, Soul, and Quality to Matter), and the negative with the absurd consequences that would ensue if the One did not exist.
Arne Malmsheimer. Platons Parmenides und Marsilio Ficinos ... by Allen, Michael J.B. / Renaissance Quarterly
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