Metastasis Definition

mĭ-tăstə-sĭs
metastases
noun
Change of form or matter; transformation.
Webster's New World
The spread of disease from one part of the body to another unrelated to it, as in the transfer of the cells of a malignant tumor by way of the bloodstream or lymphatics.
Webster's New World
A secondary cancerous growth formed by transmission of cancerous cells from a primary growth located elsewhere in the body.
American Heritage Medicine
(rhetoric) Denying adversaries' arguments and turning the arguments back on them.
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Origin of Metastasis

  • Greek from methistanai to change meta- meta- histanai to cause to stand, place stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek μετάστασις (metastasis, “removal, change"), from μεθίστημι (methistemi, “to remove, to change")

    From Wiktionary

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