Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

anabasis

anabasis (ȧ*nab"ȧ*sis) , noun

[Greek 'ana`basis, from 'anabai`nein to go up; 'ana` up + bai`nein to go.]

1.
A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called “The Anabasis.”
The anabasis of Napoleon. — De Quincey
2.
(Medicine) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obsolete]
3.
(Med) A plant genus of the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae.