"metabasis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metabases [plural]
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-. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|metabasis}} Late Latin metabasis, {{der|en|grc|μετάβασις||a change, a transition}} Ancient Greek μετάβασις (metábasis, “a change, a transition”), {{m|grc|μεταβαίνω||I cross}} μεταβαίνω (metabaínō, “I cross”), {{m|grc|μετά}} μετά (metá), {{m|grc|βαίνω||I move}} βαίνω (baínō, “I move”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Head templates: {{en-noun|metabases}} metabasis (plural metabases)
  1. (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (A change of subject): métabase (French), metabasi [feminine] (Italian), metábasis [feminine] (Spanish), lipat (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-metabasis-en-noun-atFTQmla Disambiguation of 'A change of subject': 89 11
  2. (pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola. Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-metabasis-en-noun-loTTlA3z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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