Meaning

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

noun the accumulation of blood in an organ

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

originFrom Ecclesiastical Latin hypostasis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόστασις (hupóstasis, “sediment, foundation; substance, existence, essence”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + στάσις (stásis, “standing”). Morphologically hypo- + -stasis.

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