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Metastasis

Metastasis Meaning & Definition
Metastasis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Metastasis?

[n] the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
[n] the spreading of a disease to another part of the body

Synonyms | Synonyms for Metastasis: metabolic process | metabolism

Related Terms | Find terms related to Metastasis: anastrophe | avatar | catabolism | catalysis | chiasmus | communication | conduction | consubstantiation | contagion | convection | delivery | deportation | diapedesis | diffusion | displacement | dissemination | export | exportation | expulsion | extradition | heterotopia | hypallage | hyperbaton | hysteron proteron | import | importation | interchange | metabolism | metagenesis | metamorphism | metamorphosis | metathesis | metempsychosis | migration | mutant | mutated form | mutation | mutual transfer | osmosis | palindrome | parenthesis | passage | passing over | perfusion | permutation | reincarnation | sport | spread | spreading | synchysis | tmesis | transanimation | transduction | transfer | transfer of property | transference | transfiguration | transfigurement | transformation | transformism | transfusion | transit | transition | translation | translocation | transmigration | transmigration of souls | transmission | transmittal | transmittance | transmogrification | transmutation | transplacement | transplantation | transposal | transposition | transubstantiation | travel

See Also | anabolism | basal metabolic rate | basal metabolism | biological process | BMR | catabolism | cellular respiration | citric acid cycle | constructive metabolism | destructive metabolism | dissimilation | fat metabolism | glycolysis | internal respiration | katabolism | Krebs citric acid cycle | Krebs cycle | organic process | pathologic process | pathological process | respiration | tricarboxylic acid cycle

Metastasis In Webster's Dictionary

\Me*tas"ta*sis\, n.; pl. {Metastases}. [L., transition, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to place in another way; ? after + ? to place.] 1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism. 2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. --Dunglison. 3. (Physiol.) The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.

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