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from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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.
  • Of or pertaining to metastasis; characterized by or consisting in metastasis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis

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  • adjective medicine Relating to metastasis.

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  • adjective relating to or affected by metastasis

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  • "Metastatic, the doctor said." Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

    October 17, 2010