hypostatically
- adverb
- /ˌhaɪpəˈstætɪkli/
- Specialized
- After death, blood often pools hypostatically in the lowest parts of the body.
Examples
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The body was hypostatically discolored, indicating it had been lying face down for several hours.
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After the autopsy, the doctor noted that the fluids had pooled hypostatically.
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The examiner noted that the tissues were marked hypostatically due to prolonged immobility.
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The blood settled hypostatically in the tissues after death.
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After death, blood often pools hypostatically in the lowest parts of the body.
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The body was hypostatically discolored, indicating it had been lying face down for several hours.
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After the autopsy, the doctor noted that the fluids had pooled hypostatically.
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypostatically = hypostatic (transparent) = hypostasis + tic + ally
Formed regularly from the adjective 'hypostatic' with the adverbial suffix '-ally'; the meaning directly relates to the medical sense of hypostasis (post-mortem settling).
Etymology
The word hypostatically comes from Greek parts hypo- 'under' and stasis 'standing', the same hypo- you see in hypodermic. Think of blood or fluid 'standing under' and collecting at the lowest place in a body, so hypostatically describes blood pooling after death.
