Defenition of the word metastasis

• Defenition of the word metastasis

  • The spread of cancer cells to previously unaffected organs.
  • A cancerous growth created by cancerous cells that have spread from a primary growth located elsewhere in the body.
  • the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life
  • the spreading of a disease to another part of the body
  • the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body

Synonyms for the word metastasis

• • metabolic process
  • metabolism

Meronymys for the word metastasis

• • anabolism
  • catabolism
  • citric acid cycle
  • constructive metabolism
  • destructive metabolism
  • dissimilation
  • katabolism
  • Krebs cycle
  • tricarboxylic acid cycle

Hyponyms for the word metastasis

• • basal metabolic rate
  • basal metabolism
  • BMR
  • cellular respiration
  • fat metabolism
  • glycolysis
  • internal respiration
  • respiration

Hypernyms for the word metastasis

• • biological process
  • organic process
  • pathologic process
  • pathological process

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