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METASTASIS
metastasis
(noun) the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
metastasis (countable and uncountable, plural metastases)
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.
(metaphor) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
Me*tas"ta*sis, n.; pl. Metastases. Etym: [L., transition, fr. Gr.
1. (Theol.)
Definition: A spiritual change, as during baptism.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. Dunglison.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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