English
Etymology
Late Latin, from the Greek μεÏαÏÏαÏÎ¹Ï âremoval, changeâ, from μεθιÏÏαναι âremove, changeâ.
Pronunciation
IPA: /mɪ'tæstÉsɪs/
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. â 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: metastazÄ
Polish: przerzuty nowotworowe
Portuguese: metástase
Russian: меÑаÑÑаз
Slovak: metastáza
Spanish: metástasis
Swedish: metastas
Turkish: metastaz
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