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/mɪˈtæstəsɪs/ · met·as·ta·sis
noun
- A change in nature, form, or quality. The sudden metastasis of the river's flow turned the gentle brook into a torrent.
- The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers. The oncologist warned that the tumor's metastasis had reached the patient's liver.
- The spread of a harmful event to another location, like the metastasis of a cancer. Firefighters struggled to contain the wildfire's metastasis across the dry grasslands.
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Did you know? The word entered English medical vocabulary in the early 1800s, originally describing the movement of bodily fluids before being specialized for cancer spread.