(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:08:56

Me*tab"a*sis (?), n.; pl. Metabases (#). [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. to pass over; beyond, over + to go.]

1. Rhet.

A transition from one subject to another.

2. Med.

Same as Metabola.

 

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