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<h1>Hypostatic, Hypostatical</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw><hw>Hy`po*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hy`po*stat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>hypostatique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.</def>

<blockquote>The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three <b>hypostatical</b> principles. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances.</def>

<i>Bp. Pearson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; <as>as, <ex>hypostatic</ex> cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Hypostatic union</col> <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <cd>the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ.</cd></cs>

<i>Tillotson.</i>

<h1>Hypostatically</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*stat"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a hypostatic manner.</def>

<h1>Hypostatize</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy*pos"ta*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.</def>

<blockquote>Looked upon both species and genera as <b>hypostatized</b> universals. <i>Pop. Sci. Monthly.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To attribute actual or personal existence to.</def>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Hyposternum</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy`po*ster"num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Hyposterna</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Hyposternums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>sternum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Hypoplastron</er>.</def>

<h1>Hypostome, Hypostoma</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw><hw>Hy"po*stome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hy*pos"to*ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>hypostoma</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ beneath + <?/ mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lower lip of trilobites, crustaceans, etc.</def>

<h1>Hypostrophe</h1> <Xpage=721>

<hw>Hy*pos"tro*phe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to turn round or back; <?/ under + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of a patient turning himself.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A relapse, or return of a disease.</def>

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<h1>Hypostyle</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy"po*style</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ resting on pillars; <?/ under + <?/ a pillar.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.</def>

<h1>Hyposulphate</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy`po*sul"phate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of hyposulphuric acid.</def>

<h1>Hyposulphite</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy`po*sul"phite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A salt of what was formerly called hyposulphurous acid; a thiosulphate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A salt of hyposulphurous acid proper.</def>

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