What is the meaning of hypostasis?

noun

  • The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.
  • The accumulation of blood in an organ.
  • Any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united.
  • Metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality. (.
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