English
Etymology
Late Latin, from the Greek με�α��α�ι� �removal, change�, from μεθι��αναι �remove, change�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /mɪ'tæst�sɪs/
Noun
en-noun|metastases
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#medicine the tranferrence 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
#:*1963: Stayed in her own house, searched her body each morning and examined her conscience each night for progressive symptoms of the metastasis she feared was in her. � Thomas Pynchon, V.
Translations
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Danish: metastase
Dutch: uitzaaiing
French: métastase
German: Metastase
Hebrew: �ר�ר�
Hungarian: áttét
Italian: metastasi
Japanese: 転移 (å�»å¦)
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Lithuanian: metastaz�
Polish: przerzuty nowotworowe
Portuguese: metástase
Russian: ме�а��аз
Slovak: metastáza
Spanish: metástasis
Swedish: metastas
Turkish: metastaz
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