English Explanatory Dictionary

metabasis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A change from one subject to another.
  2. Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.

Word forms

metabasis metabases

Etymology

From Late Latin metabasis, from Ancient Greek μετάβασις (metábasis, “a change, a transition”), from μεταβαίνω (metabaínō, “I cross”), from μετά (metá) and βαίνω (baínō, “I move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

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