英语词汇“metastasis”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

metastasis

释义

metastasis /me-tasˈtə-sis/

noun (pl metasˈtasēs)

Transfer of disease from its original site to another part of the body (pathology)
A secondary tumour distant from the original site of disease (pathology)
Removal from one place to another
Transition
Transformation
Paramorphic change in rocks
Metabolism (rare)

ORIGIN: Gr metastasis change of place, from meta (see meta-), and stasis a standing

metasˈtasize or metasˈtasise intransitive verb

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

metastatic /-statˈik/ adjective

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