Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Metabola

Metabola , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} change; {not transcribed} beyond + {not transcribed} to throw.]

(Medicine) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.

Also: Metabole

Metabola , noun, plural

[New Latin See 1st Metabola.]

(Zoology) A comprehensive group of insects, including those that undegro a metamorphosis.

Also: Metabolia