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hypostasis

/haɪˈpɒs.tə.sɪs/

Tradução: Substantivo com vários sentidos especializados: na genética, a supressão de um gene por outro gene não alélico; na medicina, o acúmulo de sangue em um órgão; na teologia, cada uma das três pessoas da Divindade, especialmente a pessoa de Cristo, que une as naturezas divina e humana; e na metafísica, a natureza essencial ou a realidade subjacente de algo.

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C2formalcommonscientific/haɪˈpɒs.tə.sɪs/

A noun with multiple specialized meanings: in genetics, the suppression of a gene by an unrelated gene; in medicine, the accumulation of blood in an organ; in theology, any of the three persons of the Godhead, especially the person of Christ uniting divine and human natures; and in metaphysics, the essential nature or underlying reality of something.

  • 🇵🇹Substantivo com vários sentidos especializados: na genética, a supressão de um gene por outro gene não alélico; na medicina, o acúmulo de sangue em um órgão; na teologia, cada uma das três pessoas da Divindade, especialmente a pessoa de Cristo, que une as naturezas divina e humana; e na metafísica, a natureza essencial ou a realidade subjacente de algo.
  1. Genetic suppression C2 formal scientific

    The phenomenon where the expression of one gene is suppressed or masked by the effect of a different, unrelated gene.

    • The hypostasis of the pigment gene resulted in a lighter coat color in the offspring.
    • Researchers observed hypostasis when studying the interaction between two regulatory genes.
    • Hypostasis can complicate the prediction of inherited traits.

    🇵🇹Hipostase

    Sinônimos: epistasismaskingsuppression

  2. Blood pooling C2 formal medical

    The accumulation or settling of blood in a lower part of an organ or body due to gravity, often after death or in certain medical conditions.

    • Hypostasis was evident in the dependent lung lobes of the patient.
    • The forensic pathologist noted hypostasis in the lower extremities.
    • Prolonged bed rest can lead to pulmonary hypostasis.

    🇵🇹Acúmulo de sangue

    Sinônimos: lividity

  3. Divine person C2 formal

    In Christian theology, one of the three individual persons of the Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) that constitute the Trinity, especially referring to the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united.

    • The hypostasis of Christ is a central doctrine in Christian theology.
    • The Council of Chalcedon defined the hypostasis of Christ as having two natures.
    • Theologians debated the relationship between the hypostases of the Trinity.

    🇵🇹Pessoa divina

    Sinônimos: subsistence

  4. Underlying reality C2 formal

    In metaphysics, the essential nature, substance, or underlying reality that supports or gives existence to something.

    • Philosophers seek to understand the hypostasis of being itself.
    • The hypostasis of the object is its fundamental essence, not its appearance.
    • Aristotle's concept of substance is often equated with hypostasis.

    🇵🇹Realidade subjacente

    Sinônimos: essencefoundationgroundrealitysubstancesubstratesubstratum

  • hypostases plural form
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  • hypostasis's possessive singular form