# metabasis

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A change from one subject to another.
2. Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.

## 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-.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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