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Meaning of CATASTASIS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ca*tas"ta*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to set;
kata` down + ? to place.]
1. (Rhet.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in
   which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be
   discussed.
2. (Med.) The state, or condition of anything; constitution;
   habit of body.
 
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