‖ metabole Med.
(mɛˈtæbəliː)
Also -bola.
[late L., a. Gr. µεταβολή, related to µεταβάλλειν to change.]
(See quots.)
| 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Metabole, a change of Time, Air, or Diseases. 1722 Quincy Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), Metabasis, and Metabole, signifies any Change from one thing to another, either in the curative Indications, or the Symptoms of a Distemper. 1755 Johnson, Metabola. |