hypostasis

noun

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

Similar word(s): epistasis

Definition categories: process

2. the accumulation of blood in an organ

Definition categories: process, activity

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

Definition categories: person, almighty, creator, divine, godhead, jehovah, lord, maker

4. (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality

Definition categories: thought, center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum