Metastasis

[mɪ'tæstəsɪs] or [mə'tæstəsɪs]

Definition

(noun.) the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body.

Inputed by Brice--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A spiritual change, as during baptism.

(n.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another.

(n.) 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.

Inputed by Joanna

Definition

n. a change in nature form or quality; a change from one part to another as a disease: (bot.) metabolism.—adj. Metastat′ic.

Typed by Elinor