- Main Entry: me·tas·ta·sis
- Pronunciation: \mə-ˈtas-tə-səs\
- Function: noun
- Inflected Form(s): plural me·tas·ta·ses\-ˌsēz\
- Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, transition, from Greek, from methistanai to change, from meta- + histanai to set
1 a : change of position, state, or form b : the spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells) from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body; also : the process by which such spreading occurs
2 : a secondary malignant tumor resulting from metastasis
— met·a·stat·ic\me-tə-ˈsta-tik\ adjective
— met·a·stat·i·cal·ly\-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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