metabasis

English

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-.

Noun

metabasis (plural metabases)

1. (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
2. (pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.

Translations

A change of subject

• French: métabase (fr)
• Italian: metabasi f
• Spanish: metábasis (es) f
• Tagalog: lipat

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