the spreading of a disease, esp cancer cells, from one part of the body to another - a rare word for metabolism
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me•tas•ta•sis /məˈtæstəsɪs/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ses
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- Pathology
- Pathology[countable] the spread of disease-producing organisms or of cancer cells to other parts of the body.
- [uncountable] the condition produced by this:The X-rays showed the areas of metastasis.
me•tas•ta•sis
(mə tas′tə sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses
met•a•stat•ic
(met′ə stat′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
met′a•stat′i•cal•ly, adv.
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(-sēz′).USA pronunciation
- Pathology
- the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- the condition produced by this.
- transformation (def. 3).
- Rhetorica rapid transition, as from one subject to another.
- Physicsa change in position or orbit of an elementary particle.
- Greek metástasis a changing. See meta-, stasis
- 1580–90;
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