metastasis

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noun

Plural noun:

metastases

1.
(countable, uncountable)A change in nature, form, or quality.
2.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) The spread of something harmful to another location, such as the metastasis of a cancer.
3.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A sudden or rapid transition from one point, topic or argument to another, often to evade an uncomfortable subject or to redirect the discussion.
4.
(countable, uncountable)(medicine, oncology) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.

Nguồn gốc từ

ine meth₂ine-pro metastasis, and from its etymons μετάστασις and Ancient Greek μετάστασις, from μετᾰ- (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂) + στᾰ́σῐς (condition, state; position) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand (up))), modelled after μεθιστάναι (to change; to remove). meta- stasis.