METASTASIZE

Meaning of METASTASIZE in English

The spread from one part of the body to another. When cancer cells metastasize and cause secondary tumors, the cells in the metastatic tumor are like those in the original cancer.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

METASTASIZE — intransitive verb (-sized; -sizing) Date: 1907 to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
METASTASIZE — -ˌsīz intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: New Latin metastas is + English -ize : to spread by metastasis — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METASTASIZE — /meuh tas"teuh suyz'/ , v.i. , metastasized, metastasizing . 1. Pathol. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
METASTASIZE — v. (Pathology) transfer of malignant or disease-spreading cells from one part of the body to another through the bloodstream (also …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
METASTASIZE — intransitive verb ( -sized ; -siz·ing ) Date: 1907 : to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
METASTASIZE — [me.tas.ta.size] vi -sized ; -siz.ing (1907): to spread by or as if by metastasis
Merriam-Webster English vocab
METASTASIZE — To spread from one part of the body to another. When cancer cells metastasize and form secondary tumors, the cells …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
METASTASIZE — метастазировать
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
METASTASIZE — v. Pronunciation: m ə - ' tas-t ə - ˌ s ī z Function: intransitive verb Inflected Form: -sized ; …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER — noun Date: 1975 cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LYMPHOSARCOMA — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1874 a malignant lymphoma that tends to metastasize freely
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUMOUR — or neoplasm Mass of abnormal tissue that arises from normal cells, has no useful function, and tends to grow. Cell …
Английский словарь Британика
RENAL CELL CARCINOMA — or hypernephroma Malignant tumour of the cells that cover and line the kidney . It usually affects persons over age …
Английский словарь Британика
MELANOMA — Dark-coloured malignant tumour of skin cells that produce the protective skin-darkening pigment melanin. Melanomas are prone to metastasize (see cancer …
Английский словарь Британика
MALIGNANT — I. -nənt adjective Etymology: Late Latin malignant-, malignans, present participle of malignare, malignari to act maliciously 1. a. obsolete : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ - noun : cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYMPHOSARCOMA — |lim(p)(ˌ)fō+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from lymph- + sarcoma : a malignant lymphoma tending to metastasize freely especially along the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANCER — — cancerous , adj. — cancered , adj. — cancerously , adv. — cancerousness , n. /kan"seuhr/ , n., gen. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
METASTASISE — v. (Pathology) transfer of malignant or disease-spreading cells from one part of the body to another through the bloodstream (also …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER — Date: 1975 : cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MALIGNANT — adjective Etymology: Late Latin malignant-, malignans, present participle of malignari Date: circa 1545 1. a. obsolete : malcontent , disaffected …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LYMPHOSARCOMA — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1874 : a malignant lymphoma that tends to metastasize freely
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
METASTASIS — [ mɪ'tastəsɪs ] ■ noun ( plural metastases -si:z ) Medicine the development of secondary tumours at a distance from …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MALIGNANT — [ma.lig.nant] adj [LL malignant-, malignans, prp. of malignari] (ca. 1545) 1 a obs: malcontent, disaffected b: evil in nature, influence, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LYMPHOSARCOMA — [lym.pho.sar.co.ma] n, pl -mas or -ma.ta [NL] (1874): a malignant lymphoma that tends to metastasize freely esp. along the regional …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUMOUR — also spelled Tumor, also called Neoplasm, a mass of abnormal tissue that arises without obvious cause from preexisting body cells, …
Britannica English vocabulary
OSTEOCLASTOMA — also called giant-cell tumour of bone a bone tumour found predominantly in the knee region, but also occurring in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIBROSARCOMA — an uncommon malignant tumour of fibrous tissue found in young adults and most often occurring in the thighbone, upper arm …
Britannica English vocabulary
EPITHELIOMA — a cancerous growth or tumour consisting of tissue derived from the skin or mucous membrane (epithelium)a type of carcinoma (q.v.). …
Britannica English vocabulary
EWING TUMOUR OF BONE — also called Ewing sarcoma common malignant tumour of bone that occurs mainly in Caucasian males under the age of 20. …
Britannica English vocabulary
METASTASIS — n. (pl. metastases) Physiol. 1 the transference of a bodily function, disease, etc., from one part or organ to another. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TUMOUR — n. or neoplasm Mass of abnormal tissue that arises from normal cells, has no useful function, and tends to grow. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

English Dictionary of Medicine

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