Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to metastasis; characterized by or consisting in metastasis.
- Relating to or characteristic of the Metastatica or Holostomatidæ; involving a change of host but no alternation of generations: as, the metastatic mode of development of certain trematodes.
Wiktionary
- adj. medicine Relating to metastasis.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or affected by metastasis
Examples
“The evidence is anecdotal, Dr. Newcomer notes, but a goal of the pilot program is to reduce any overuse in metastatic cancer patients while still paying doctors to care for patients.”
The Wall Street Journal: In Treating Cancer, Insurer Tries New Way to Pay Docs
“Typically treatments are first studied in metastatic patients — for whom cancer has spread from the original tumor site to other parts of the body — who didn't benefit from standard therapies.”
“Cancer that has spread beyond the lymph nodes is referred to as metastatic or stage 4.”
“It is also defined as "metastatic," and no cure to date!”
The Huffington Post: Nancy Davis: 40 Years and Still Waiting?
“It also is meant for patients whose cancer has spread to other parts of the body, a condition known as metastatic cancer.”
The Wall Street Journal: New Type of Cancer Drug Gets Approval
“As far as we know, though, he doesn't have what's called metastatic disease, which means that it's spread throughout his body.”
“Now, at this point, he has what is known as metastatic colon cancer.”
“He may have even already had what is known as metastatic disease, meaning that the cancer had actually spread from his lungs elsewhere at the time that he made that announcement.”
“_Pneumonia. _ -- the so-called metastatic -- needs no special consideration, for in its lesions and symptoms it does not differ from ordinary pneumonia, although it may be overlooked entirely by the practitioner.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘metastatic’.
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New Words
idiopathic, quidditas, cloacal, peregrination, cyclamen, expatiate, pedantic, salonniere, manque, pelagic, exogenous, pellucid and 83 more...
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October Words-11849
During the month of October, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has a...
desalination, Girn, incongruous, irreparably, pneumatic, metastatic, languorous, menagerie, mottled, valise, moot, deferential and 28 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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Infinite Jest
Words taken from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
prorector, monograph, post-fourier, snuffle, rototremble, creatus, enfilade, subanimalistic, balletic, espadrilles, leonine, cirri and 1153 more...
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Oblivion
By David Foster Wallace
ossify, reverie, hypergeometric, emetic, mien, cruciform, accreted, perpend, rheostat, predilections, coccyx, hirsute and 178 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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bioinformatics and bioengineering words
What happens when you put a (former) English major at a bioinformatics and bioengineering summer institute? A list of wacky bio-words, of course!
proteomics, genomics, contig, dinucleotide, spectrometry, fovea, metagenomics, peptide, phylogenetics, protozoan, heterocyst, intracellular and 73 more...
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ScholarWords
disquisition, treatise, purvey, tangentially, stare decisis, cricket, semiotics, originative, morass, pot-au-feu, verstehen, enigmatical and 84 more...
Tweets
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JTroyer "Metastatic, the doctor said." Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Oct 17, 2010