METASTASIS


Meaning of METASTASIS in English

mə̇ˈtastəsə̇s, -ˈtaas- noun

( plural metastases )

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, transition, from Greek, from methistanai to change, from meta- + histanai to cause to stand, place — more at stand

: change of position, state, or form:

a.

(1) : transfer of a disease-producing agency (as cells or bacteria) from an original site of disease to another part of the body with development of a similar lesion in the new location

metastasis in the lung usually occurs by way of the blood stream — J.B.Amberson

metastases of breast cancer to bone — Medical Physics

— compare cancer , implantation

(2) : a secondary growth resulting from such transfer of cells of a malignant tumor

b. : metabolism 1

c. : a paramorphic change in rock (as recrystallization of limestone or devitrification of glassy rock)

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