metastasis /me-tasˈtə-sis/

1. Transfer of disease from its original site to another part of the body (pathology)
2. A secondary tumour distant from the original site of disease (pathology)
3. Removal from one place to another
4. Transition
5. Transformation
6. Paramorphic change in rocks
7. Metabolism (rare)

metasˈtasize or metasˈtasise intransitive verb

(of a tumour, etc) to pass to another part of the body

metastatic /-statˈik/ adjective

• laytime
• laytimes
• lay to
• lay to heart
• lay to rest
• lay to someone's charge
• lay under
• lay up
• lay-up
• lay upon
• lay-ups
• lay vicar
• lay vicars
• lay wait
• lay waste
• laywoman
• laywomen
• lazar
• lazaret
• lazarets
• lazarette
• lazarettes
• lazaretto
• lazarettos
• lazar house