metastasis

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  1. noun Pathology Transmission of pathogenic microorganisms or cancerous cells from an original site to one or more sites elsewhere in the body, usually by way of the blood vessels or lymphatics.
  2. noun A secondary cancerous growth formed by transmission of cancerous cells from a primary growth located elsewhere in the body.

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  1. Greek, from methistanai, to change : meta-, meta- + histanai, to cause to stand, place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek μετάστασ, σ1ις a removal, change, departure, from μεθιστάναι, put in another place, change, remove, from μετά, over, + ἱστάναι, place: see stasis.
 

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