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