metabola

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”); μετά (metá, “beyond”) + βολέω (boléō, “throw”).

Noun

metabola (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment.

Noun

metabola pl (plural only)

  1. (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.
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