metastasis

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɪˈtæstəsɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/məˈtæstəsɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mə tastə sis)

Inflections of 'metastasis' (n): npl: metastases

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
me•tas•ta•sis /məˈtæstəsɪs/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ses 
    /-ˌsiz/.USA pronunciation  
  1. 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.
met•a•stat•ic /ˌmɛtəˈstætɪk/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
me•tas•ta•sis  (mə tastə sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses 
    (-sēz′).USA pronunciation 
  1. 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.
  2. transformation (def. 3).
  3. Rhetorica rapid transition, as from one subject to another.
  4. Physicsa change in position or orbit of an elementary particle.
  • Greek metástasis a changing. See meta-, stasis
  • 1580–90;
met•a•stat•ic  (met′ə statik),USA pronunciation adj.  met′a•stati•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
metastasis / mɪˈtæstəsɪs/ ( -ses / -ˌsiːz/)
  1. the spreading of a disease, esp cancer cells, from one part of the body to another
  2. a rare word for metabolism
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek: transitionmetastatic / ˌmɛtəˈstætɪk/ˌmetaˈstatically
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