Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ME-TAS'TA-SIS
ME-TAS'TA-SIS, n. [Gr. μεταστασις, mutation; μετα, over, and ἱστημι, to place.]
A translation or removal of a disease from one part to another, or such an alteration as is succeeded by a solution. Coxe. Encyc.
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