catabasis

American  

[kuh-tab-uh-sis] / kəˈtæb ə sɪs /

noun

plural

catabases

1. katabasis.

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catabasis British  

/ ˌkætəˈbætɪk, kəˈtæbəsɪs /

noun

1. a descent or downward movement

2. the decline of a disease

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Other Word Forms

• catabatic adjective

Example Sentences

I thank you so much for walking me through this catabasis.

From The New Yorker

Together, these findings indicate that ILCs are targets for lipoxin A to decrease airway inflammation and mediate the catabasis of eosinophilic inflammation.

From Science Magazine

An actual initiation was, of course, out of the question; on the other hand a catabasis, a descent into Hades, was part of the epic inheritance he derived from Homer, and this, like the funeral games in the fifth book, he might use with an earnestness of purpose wanting in Homer, to work in with the great theme of his poem, not merely as an artistic effort.

From Project Gutenberg

Every trivial action must be thoroughly motivated, and the finish of the playlet, instead of occurring upon the 'catabasis,' or general windup of the action, must develop the most striking feature of the playlet, so that the curtain may come down on a surprise, or at least an event toward which the entire action has been progressing.

From Project Gutenberg