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Definition of metastasis noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

metastasis

noun

NAmE//məˈtæstəsəs//

(pl. metastases

NAmE//məˈtæstəsiz//

) [uncountable, countable] (medical)

the development of tumors in different parts of the body resulting from cancer that has started in another part of the body; a tumor of this type

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metastatic

NAmE//ˌmɛt̮əˈstæt̮ɪk//

adjectiveSee metastasis in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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