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Catastasis Catastasis Ca*tas"ta*sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to set;
kata` down + ? to place.]
1. (Rhet.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in
which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be
discussed.
2. (Med.) The state, or condition of anything; constitution;
habit of body.
Diastase Diastase Di"a*stase, n. [Gr. ? separation, fr. ?, ? to stand
apart; dia` through + ?, ?, to stand, set: cf. F. diastase.
Cf. Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch
and dextrin into sugar.
Note: The name is more particularly applied to that ferment
formed during the germination of grain, as in the
malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to
designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal
fluids, as in the saliva.
Diastasic Diastasic Di`a*sta"sic, a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic
ferment.
Diastasis Diastasis Di*as"ta*sis, n. [NL. See Diastase.] (Surg.)
A forcible of bones without fracture.
Metastases Metastasis Me*tas"ta*sis, n.; pl. Metastases. [L.,
transition, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to place in another way; ? after
+ ? to place.]
1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism.
2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one
part to another. --Dunglison.
3. (Physiol.) The act or process by which matter is taken up
by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter;
in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of
those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant
which are not accompanied by a production of organic
matter; metabolism.
Metastasis Metastasis Me*tas"ta*sis, n.; pl. Metastases. [L.,
transition, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to place in another way; ? after
+ ? to place.]
1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism.
2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one
part to another. --Dunglison.
3. (Physiol.) The act or process by which matter is taken up
by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter;
in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of
those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant
which are not accompanied by a production of organic
matter; metabolism.