metastasis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: me=tas=ta=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

metastasis, n. [L., transition, fr. Gr. , fr. to place in another way; after + to place.].

•  A spiritual change, as during baptism.  [1913 Webster]
•  A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another.  Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]
•  The migration of cancerous or malignant cells from the site of their origin to other parts of the body. Such cells may migrate to multiple new locations, making therapy more difficult and often leading to death.  [PJC]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

metastasis, n. (pl. metastases) Physiol.
1 the transference of a bodily function, disease, etc., from one part or organ to another.
2 the transformation of chemical compounds into others in the process of assimilation by an organism.

Derivative

metastasize v.intr. (also -ise). metastatic adj.

Etymology

LL f. Gk f. methistemi change

THESAURUS

metastasis

anastrophe, avatar, catabolism, catalysis, chiasmus, communication, conduction, consubstantiation, contagion, convection, delivery, deportation, diapedesis, diffusion, displacement, dissemination, export, exportation, expulsion, extradition, heterotopia, hypallage, hyperbaton, hysteron proteron, import, importation, interchange, metabolism, metagenesis, metamorphism, metamorphosis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mutant, mutated form, mutation, mutual transfer, osmosis, palindrome, parenthesis, passage, passing over, perfusion, permutation, reincarnation, sport, spread, spreading, synchysis, tmesis, transanimation, transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transference, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transformism, transfusion, transit, transition, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, transmogrification, transmutation, transplacement, transplantation, transposal, transposition, transubstantiation, travel

ROGET THESAURUS

metastasis

Change

N change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution, diversion, break, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, transmutation, deoxidization, transubstantiation, mutagenesis transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis, avatar, alterative, conversion, revolution &c (sudden or radical change), inversion, displacement, transference, changeableness, tergiversation, changed, newfangled, changeable, transitional, modifiable, alterative, mutatis mutandis, Int, quantum mutatus!, a change came o'er the spirit of my dream, nous avons change tout cela, tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis, non sum qualis eram, casaque tourner, corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur, in statu quo ante bellum, still ending and beginning still, vox audita perit littera scripta manet.

Inversion

N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.

Transference

N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.