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metaba·sis

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  1. metabasisnoun

    A change from one subject to another.

  2. metabasisnoun

    Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.

  3. Etymology: From metabasis, from μετάβασις, from μεταβαίνω, from μετά and βαίνω, from gʷem-

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. METABASISnoun

    In rhetorick, a figure by which the orator passes from one thing to another. Dict.

    Etymology: Greek.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Metabasisnoun

    a transition from one subject to another

  2. Metabasisnoun

    same as Metabola

  3. Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. to pass over; beyond, over + to go.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Metabasis

    me-tab′a-sis, n. a change, as in treatment or remedies: a transition.—adj. Metabat′ic. [Gr., meta, beyond, bainein, to go.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of metabasis in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of metabasis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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