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metastasize
verb me·tas·ta·size \mə-ˈtas-tə-ˌsīz\
me·tas·ta·sizedme·tas·ta·siz·ing
Definition of METASTASIZE
intransitive verb
: to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis
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First Known Use of METASTASIZE
1907
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Medical Dictionary
metastasize
intransitive verb me·tas·ta·size
me·tas·ta·sized also British me·tas·ta·sisedme·tas·ta·siz·ing also British me·tas·ta·sis·ing
Medical Definition of METASTASIZE
: to spread by metastasis <the lesion already had metastasized beyond the larynx before a diagnosis of carcinoma was made—American Practitioner>
—me·tas·ta·si·za·tion also British me·tas·ta·si·sa·tion \mə-ˌtas-tə-sə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
Variants of METASTASIZE
me·tas·ta·size also British me·tas·ta·sise \mə-ˈtas-tə-ˌsīz\
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