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PRONUNCIATION OF CATABASIS

catabasis  [kəˈtæbəsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATABASIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Catabasis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CATABASIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Katabasis

Katabasis, or catabasis, is a descent of some type, such as moving downhill, or the sinking of the winds or sun, a military retreat, or a trip to the underworld or a trip from the interior of a country down to the coast. There exist multiple related meanings in poetry, rhetoric, and modern psychology.

Definition of catabasis in the English dictionary

The definition of catabasis in the dictionary is a descent or downward movement. Other definition of catabasis is the decline of a disease.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATABASIS


amebiasis
əmiːˈbaɪəsɪs
anabasis
əˈnæbəsɪs
candidiasis
ˌkændɪˈdaɪəsɪs
diocese
ˈdaɪəsɪs
elephantiasis
ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs
embryogenesis
ˌɛmbrɪəʊˈdʒɛnəsɪs
emphasis
ˈɛmfəsɪs
epistasis
ɪˈpɪstəsɪs
giardiasis
ˌdʒaɪɑːˈdaɪəsɪs
katabasis
kəˈtæbəsɪs
metabasis
meˈtæbəsɪs
metamorphosis
ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs
metastasis
mɪˈtæstəsɪs
metathesis
mɪˈtæθəsɪs
parabasis
pəˈræbəsɪs
psoriasis
səˈraɪəsɪs
Tamesis
ˈtæməsɪs
transgenesis
trænzˈdʒɛnəsɪs
trypanosomiasis
ˌtrɪpənəsəˈmaɪəsɪs
urolithiasis
ˌjʊərəʊlɪˈθaɪəsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATABASIS

catabases
catabatic
catabolic
catabolically
catabolism
catabolite
catabolize
catacaustic
catachresis
catachrestic
catachrestical
catachrestically
cataclases
cataclasis
cataclasm
cataclasmic
cataclastic
cataclinal
cataclysm
cataclysmal

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATABASIS

anastasis
ascariasis
basis
filariasis
gold basis
haemostasis
helminthiasis
hemostasis
homeostasis
hypochondriasis
hypostasis
leishmaniasis
mydriasis
oasis
onchocerciasis
overemphasis
schistosomiasis
stasis
strongyloidiasis
trial basis

Synonyms and antonyms of catabasis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «catabasis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATABASIS

Find out the translation of catabasis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catabasis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catabasis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缓解期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

catabasis
570 millions of speakers

English

catabasis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

catabasis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تراجع المرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

catabasis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

catabasis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

catabasis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

catabasis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Catabasis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

catabasis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

catabasis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

catabasis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Catabasis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

catabasis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

catabasis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कबाब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

catabasis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

catabasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

catabasis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

catabasis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

catabasis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάβασης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

catabasis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

catabasis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

catabasis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of catabasis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATABASIS»

The term «catabasis» is used very little and occupies the 172.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATABASIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about catabasis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATABASIS»

Discover the use of catabasis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catabasis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dante's "Commedia" and the Poetics of Christian Catabasis
This dissertation examines the literary theme of catabasis, or the journey into the land of the dead, in both its classical and later Christian forms, the origins of each of these period's catabatic textual productions, and the similarities ...
Lee Foust, 2008
2
Musica Poetica: Musical-Rhetorical Figures in German Baroque ...
CATABASIS, DESCENSUS: a descending musical passage which expresses descending, lowly, or negative images or affections. The catabasis is used to depict musically either a descending or a lowly image supplied by the text, thereby ...
Dietrich Bartel
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Catabasis: Journey to the Underworld
Catabasis is an account of the metaphoric journey from the darkness of the acoustic world to sight.
Joshua Freiwald, 2007
4
Homer's Odyssey and the Near East
Odyssey 11, 1 Samuel 28, Gilgamesh 12, Aeneid 6, Plato's Allegory of the Cave, and the Book of Revelation Book  of the Odyssey combines three distinct genres of myth, catabasis (or the descent to the underworld), consultation with the ...
Bruce Louden, 2011
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Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : ...
DESCENSIO, (decendere, dereeiirwn, (from de, and tcandere, 'to climb,') 'to descend,') Catabasis. DESCENSUS, gen. DeteeneUe, Catabasis — d. Testioulorum, Orchidocatabasis. DESCENTE, Hernia — d. de la Matriee, Procidentia uteri.
Robley Dunglison, 1868
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Athenäums Monografien: Altertumswissenschaft
that of Heracles if we are to form any idea of what a heroic Catabasis or a Catalogue of Famous Women involved.105 The Catabaseis of Heracles and of Theseus and Peirithoos Theseus did not become a prominent figure in Greek myth until ...
Gregory Crane, 1988
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Vergil's Empire: Political Thought in the Aeneid
The work concentrates on Vergil's response to the physics, psychology, and political implications of Lucretius' Epicurean doctrine expressed in De Rerum Natura.
Eve Adler, 2004
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Evo-Devo of Child Growth: Treatise on Child Growth and Human ...
After exposure to a stressor and descent (catabasis) into disturbed homeostasis ( stress or distress), a healthy organism's adaptive response brings homeostasis back (anabasis), with one of three possible outcomes: (1) the adaptive response  ...
Ze'ev Hochberg, 2011
9
Grotesque Purgatory: A Study of Cervantes's Don Quixote
In Chapter 4, the idea of catabasis is applied yet again, this time in Lacanian terms, to the sense of Don Quixote's inner world. From the psychoanalytic point of view, we know that underground realms such as Sheol, Hades, Hell, Purgatory, ...
Henry W. Sullivan, 2008
10
Shakespeariana
Right on from the close of the climax runs the series of scenes that contain the consequences of Leontes's sin, the scenes that make the catabasis, the downward movement of the tragic action. The catabasis is made in five (5) successive ...
Charlotte Endymion Porter, 1890

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATABASIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term catabasis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Humana, Weight Watchers, Allergan, Catabasis Pharmaceuticals …
The health insurer provided a lower-than-expected second-quarter profit outlook as it moves ahead with its buyout of Aetna Inc. «Greenfield Daily Reporter, Jul 15»
2
Most Volatile Stocks: Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CATB …
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CATB) of the Healthcare sector has gained 0.72% from opening today with a volume of 26,099 shares and ... «WallStreet Scope, Jul 15»
3
Fast Moving Stocks: Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ …
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATB) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is 1.26%. On last trading day company ... «Stock Transcript, Jul 15»
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Active Watch List: A10 Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ATEN), Catabasis
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATB) shares moved up 10.00% in last trading session and ended the day at $13.64. Catabasis ... «Stock Transcript, Jul 15»
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ENZ, LMNX Settle Suit, VSAR Regains Velocity, CATB Hits A High
Shares of Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Inc. ( CATB ) touched a new high on Monday, with the company's drug candidate CAT-1004 receiving ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Premarket Biotech Digest: Approvals And Stock Prices, VSAR Hold …
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Granted Fast Track Designation- Catabasis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CATB), which recently completed an IPO, ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
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Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Fast Track Designation …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CATB), a clinical-stage drug development company built ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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Morning Market Gainers
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: CATB) shares surged 16.85 percent to $14.49 after the company reported that it has received the ... «Benzinga, Jul 15»
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Stocks to Watch: Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CATB …
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CATB) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is -4.62%. On last trading day company ... «Stock Transcript, Jul 15»
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Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Lower; Aetna To Acquire …
Shares of Catabasis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: CATB ) got a boost, shooting up 16 percent to $14.42 after the company reported that it ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Catabasis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/catabasis>. May 2024 ».
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