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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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pl.

Metabases

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to pass over; [GREEK] beyond, over + [GREEK] to go.]

(Rhet.)

A transition from one subject to another.

(Med.)

Same as

Noun.

[Gr. from beyond, and to go.] In rhetoric, transition; a passing from one thing to another.

metabasis ‎(plural metabases)

A change of subject