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Pronunciation : Hy`po*stat"ic, Hy`po*stat"ic*al
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Gr. hypostatique.]
Definition : 1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary. The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles. Boyle.

2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. Bp. Pearson.

3. (Med.)

Defn: Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation. Hypostatic union (Theol.), the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ. Tillotson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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