Definition of Metastasize

1. Verb. Spread throughout the body. "The cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved"

Exact synonyms: Metastasise
Generic synonyms: Distribute, Spread
Derivative terms: Metastasis

Definition of Metastasize

1. Verb. (medicine of a disease or tumour) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metastasize

1. [v -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES]

Medical Definition of Metastasize

1. To spread to another part of the body, usually through the blood vessels, lymph channels or spinal fluid. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metastasize

metastably
metastannate
metastannates
metastannic
metastannic acid
metastasectomies
metastasectomy
metastases
metastases to the liver
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metastasizing septicaemia
metastastic
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metastatic abscess
metastatic brain tumour
metastatic breast cancer
metastatic calcification
metastatic cancer
metastatic cancer to the lung

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