Me-tăb'a-sis, n.

n. [Gr. μετάβασις, from μεταβαίνειν, to pass over, from μετά, beyond, over, and βαίνειν, to pass, go; Fr. métabase. See supra.]

1. (Rhet.) A passing from one thing to another; transition.
2. (Med.) The same as METABOLA.