Anabasis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anabasis \a*nab"a*sis\ ([.a]*n[a^]b"[.a]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr.
     'ana`basis, fr. '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."


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              The anabasis of Napoleon.             --De Quincey.
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     2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease;
        augmentation. [Obs.] AS
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     3. (Med) A plant genus of the goosefoot family
        {Chenopodiaceae}.
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