metabases

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metabases - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Metabasis \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.
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     2. (Med.) Same as Metabola.
        [1913 Webster] Metabola