Metastasis

  • 31metastasis — Development of secondary tumour(s) at a site remote from the primary; a hallmark of malignant cells …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 32metastasis — Synonyms and related words: anastrophe, avatar, catabolism, catalysis, chiasmus, communication, conduction, consubstantiation, contagion, convection, delivery, deportation, diapedesis, diffusion, displacement, dissemination, export, exportation,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33metastasis — me|tas|ta|sis [ mə tæstəsıs ] (plural me|tas|ta|ses [ mə tæstə,siz ] ) noun MEDICAL uncount the spread of cancer to a new place in your body a. count a new area of cancer that grows from an older one in your body …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34metastasis — me·tas·ta·sis || mɪ tæstÉ™sɪs n. transference of disease producing organisms from one part of the body to another via blood vessels (Pathology); rapid change from one subject to another (Rhetoric); change in position or orbit of an… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 35metastasis — [mɪ tastəsɪs] noun (plural metastases si:z) Medicine the development of secondary tumours at a distance from a primary site of cancer. Derivatives metastasize or metastasise verb metastatic adjective Origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 36metastasis — me·tas·ta·sis …

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  • 37metastasis — /məˈtæstəsəs/ (say muh tastuhsuhs) noun (plural metastases /məˈtæstəsiz/ (say muh tastuhseez)) 1. Physiology, Pathology transference of a fluid, disease, or the like, from one part of the body to another. 2. Chiefly Pathology the translocation of …

  • 38metastasis —   n. Rhetoric, change of subject; movement to another part of body of agent causing disease; archaic, metabolism.    ♦ metastasize, v.i.    ♦ metastatic, a …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 39metastasis —   see clones + cloning , double , fatal , obscene , pataphysics , simulation , singularity and transsexuality …

    The Baudrillard dictionary

  • 40metastasis — The spread of cancer cells to previously unaffected organs …

    Glossary of Biotechnology