Definition of: hypostatic

(hī′pə·stat′ik, hip′ə-) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or constituting a distinct personality or substance; distinctly personal.
2. Of, relating to, or proceeding from hypostasis; elemental.
3. Med. Resulting from downward pressure or deposition of sediment in the body: hypostatic congestion.
4. Genetics Denoting a factor hidden or masked by another which is not an allelomorph. Also hy′·po·stat′i·cal. [<Gk. hypostatikos]
—hy′po·stat′i·cal·ly adverb