metabola

See also: metabolą

English

Alternative forms

• metabole

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”); μετά (metá, “beyond”) + βολέω (boléō, “throw”).

Noun

metabola (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment.

Noun

metabola pl (plural only)

1. (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.

Related terms

• antimetabole
• metabolism

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.taˈbɔ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧bo‧la

Noun

metabola f

1. (rhetoric) any rhetorical device that changes a statement
2. (narratology) a sudden change in character or plot

Declension

Declension of metabola

	singular
nominative	metabola
genitive	metaboli
dative	metaboli
accusative	metabolę
instrumental	metabolą
locative	metaboli
vocative	metabolo

Derived terms

adjective

• metaboliczny

 

noun

• antymetabola

 

Further reading

• metabola in Polish dictionaries at PWN