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metastasis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metastasis \Me*tas"ta*sis\, n.; pl {Metastases}. [L., transition, fr Gr ?, fr ? to place in another way ? after + ? to place.] 1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism. 2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. --Dunglison. 3. (Physiol.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: metastasis n 1: the spreading of a disease to another part of the body 2: the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life [syn: {metabolism}, {metabolic process}]
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