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Definition of: catabasis
(kə·tab′ə·sis) noun plural ·ses (-sēz)
1. A going downward; descent: opposed to anabasis.
2. Pathol. The decreasing of a disease. [<Gk. katabasis <kata- down + bainein go]
—cat·a·bat·ic (kat′ə·bat′ik) adjective
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