metastasis

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Synonyms: metastases, metastasic, metastasio, metastaseis, catastasis, metastasize, metabasis, metataxis, metastasizes, metaplasis, metastatic

Antonyms: metastases, metastasic, metastasio, metastaseis, catastasis, metastasize, metabasis, metataxis, metastasizes, metaplasis, metastatic

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Noun

1. A [[change]] in [[nature]], [[form]], or [[quality]].
2. {{lb|en|metaphor}} The spread of something harmful to another location, such as the metastasis of a cancer.
3. {{lb|en|rhetoric}} 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. {{lb|en|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 [[cancer]]s.

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