FromLate Latinmetabasis, fromAncient Greekμετάβασις(metábasis,“a change, a transition”), fromμεταβαίνω(metabaínō,“I cross”), fromμετά(metá) andβαίνω(baínō,“I move”), fromProto-Indo-European*gʷem-.

metabasis (pluralmetabases)

1. (rhetoric) A change from onesubject to another.
2. (pathology) Anychange in the course of adisease;metabola.

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