metastasize

me·tas·ta·size

intransitive verb \mə-ˈtas-tə-ˌsīz\

me·tas·ta·sizedme·tas·ta·siz·ing

Definition of METASTASIZE

: to spread or grow by or as if by metastasis

First Known Use of METASTASIZE

1907

Other Medicine Terms

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Rhymes with METASTASIZE

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me·tas·ta·size

intransitive verb    (Medical Dictionary)

me·tas·ta·sizedalso British ; me·tas·ta·sised; me·tas·ta·siz·ingalso 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\ (audio pronunciation) noun

Variants of METASTASIZE

me·tas·ta·size also British me·tas·ta·sise \mə-ˈtas-tə-ˌsīz\ (audio pronunciation)