metastasis
IPA: mʌtˈæstʌsɪs
noun
- A change in nature, form, or quality.
- (medicine) 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.
- (figurative) The spread of a harmful event to another location, like the metastasis of a cancer.
- (rhetoric) Denying adversaries' arguments and turning the arguments back on them.
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Examples of "metastasis" in Sentences
- Role in migration and metastasis.
- It may be a metastasis suppressor.
- Metastasis to the lungs may occur.
- Role in metastasis and angiogenesis.
- Just say no to noticeboard metastasis.
- Role of hyaluronan in cancer metastasis.
- Metastasis of early melanoma is possible.
- It is thought to be a metastasis suppressor.
- Again this is not really relevant to metastasis.
- In cases of metastasis it is usually to the lung.
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