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单词 metastasize
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
me•tas•ta•size /məˈtæstəˌsaɪz/USA pronunciation   v. [no object], -sized, -siz•ing. 
  1. Pathologyto spread by means of metastasis.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
me•tas•ta•size  (mə tas′tə sīz′),USA pronunciation v.i., -sized, -siz•ing. 
  1. Pathology(of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
  2. to spread injuriously:Street gangs have metastasized in our city.
  3. to transform, esp. into a dangerous form:The KGB metastasized after the fall of the Soviet Union. Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] me•tas′ta•sise′. 
  • metastas(is) + -ize 1905–10

metastasize, +v.i. 
  1. to spread injuriously:Street gangs have metastasized in our city.
  2. to transform, esp. into a dangerous form:The KGB metastasized after the fall of the Soviet Union. Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
metastasize, metastasise /mɪˈtæstəˌsaɪz/ vb (intransitive)
  1. (esp of cancer cells) to spread to a new site in the body via blood or lymph vessels
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