A POST AS IS

(Lat.), n. f, A%p(a%p)-o%st’a®-si?s, Gen,, a post a’- seos (-sis). Gr., ämögragıs (from and, away from, and igravat, to stand). Fr., a post use. Ger., A post a sie. It., a post as i. Sp., apôstasis. 1. Absce i on, especially the termination of a disease by the formation of an absce or by some critical discharge. [Hippo crates, A,322.] 2. An absce , especially a wandering absce or one that is accompanied by the separation of a piece of bone. [A, 322; D, 98.] 3. Metastasis. [Galen (A, 322).]