metabasis
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editmetabasis (plural metabases)
- (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- (pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.
Translations
editA change of subject