{ Hy′po‐stat″ic (?), Hy′po‐stat″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �: cf. F. hypostatique.] 1. Relating to hypostasis, or substance; hence, constitutive, or elementary.
The grand doctrine of the chymists, touching their three hypostatical principles. Boyle.
2. Personal, or distinctly personal; relating to the divine hypostases, or substances. Bp. Pearson.
3. (Med.) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation.
Hypostatic union(Theol.), the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ. Tillotson.