Medical Definition of Metastatic spread

1. Process of development of secondary tumours. Involves local invasion (in most cases), passive transport, lodgement and proliferation at a remote site. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metastatic Spread

metastatically
metastatic abscess
metastatic brain tumour
metastatic breast cancer
metastatic calcification
metastatic cancer
metastatic cancer to the lung
metastatic carcinoid syndrome
metastatic carcinoma
metastatic choroiditis
metastatic lung cancer
metastatic mumps
metastatic ophthalmia
metastatic pneumonia
metastatic retinitis
metastatic spread (current term)
metastatic tumor
metasternum
metastoma
metastome
metastrongyle
metastrongyloidea
Metastrongylus
Metastrongylus apri
Metastrongylus elongatus
Metastrongylus pudendotectus
Metastrongylus salmi
metasyphilis
metasyphilitic
metatag

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