Me-tāth'e-sīs, n.

n.; pl. ME-TĀTH'/E-SĒS. [Lat., Gr. μετάθεσις, from μετατιθέναι, to place differently, to transpose, from μετά, beyond, over, and τιθέναι, to place, set; Fr. métathèse.] 1. (Gram.) Transposition; a figure by which the letters or syllables of a word are transposed; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager. 2. (Med.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body. [Obs.]