metastasis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mɪˈtastəsɪjs/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /mɪˈtæstəsɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /mɪˈtastəsɪs/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /məˈtæstəsiz/ (General-American)
- /mɪˈtæstəsiːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /məˈtæstəsəs/ (General-American)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin metastasis (“(rhetoric) rapid or sudden transition from one argument, point, or topic to another”), and from its etymons Koine Greek μετάστασις (metástasis, “(rhetoric) rapid or sudden transition from one argument, point, or topic to another”) and Ancient Greek μετάστασις (metástasis, “change; removal; (medicine) movement of disease, pain, etc., from one part of the body to another”), from μετᾰ- (metă-, prefix denoting change in condition or position) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂) + στᾰ́σῐς (stắsĭs, “condition, state; position”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”)), modelled after μεθιστάναι (methistánai, “to change; to remove”). By surface analysis, meta- + stasis. In reference to the spread of cancer, a semantic loan from French métastase, whose use to refer to it was coined in 1829 by the French gynecologist Joseph Récamier (1774–1852). The plural form metastases is a learned borrowing from Late Latin metastases.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A change in nature, form, or quality.
Stayed in her own house, searched her body each morning and examined her conscience each night for progressive symptoms of the metastasis she feared was in her.
1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
- (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The spread of something harmful to another location, such as the metastasis of a cancer.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) A sudden or rapid transition from one point, topic or argument to another, often to evade an uncomfortable subject or to redirect the discussion.
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(countable, uncountable) 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 cancers.
Among the hypothesized diagnoses was metastatic carcinoma. In metastatic cancer, metastases are most frequent in the axial skeleton and are rare in the distal parts of the appendicular skeleton[…].
2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metastases | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
genometastasis · micrometastasis · metastatogenic · polymetastasis · metastasize · multimetastasis · prometastasis · metastasized · metastasizing · oligometastasis · metastin · antimetastasis · macrometastasis · metastasectomy · metastatic · metastasic
Translations (44)
pt metástase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · fr métastase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · hu áttét (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · vi di căn (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · eo metastazo (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · it metastasi (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · kmr metastaz (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · fi metastaasi (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · sk metastáza (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cmn 癌轉移 /癌转移 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · de Metastase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · es metástasis (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · fi etäpesäke (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · lv riesums (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cmn 腫瘤轉移 /肿瘤转移 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cmn 轉移 /转移 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · ro metastază (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cmn 遠處轉移 /远处转移 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · nl uitzaaiing (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · da metastase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · kk метастаз (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · sh metastaza (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · sv metastas (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · lv metastāze (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · sh метастаза (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · pl metastaza (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cmn 遠端轉移 /远端转移 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · ca metàstasi (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · ky метастаз (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · pl przerzut (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · id metastasis (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cs metastáza (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · he גרורה (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · ja 転移 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · id metastase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · nn metastase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · ba метастаз (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cmn 轉移灶 /转移灶 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · nl metastase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · tr metastaz (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · cmn 轉移瘤 /转移瘤 (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · no metastase (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · ru метаста́з (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body) · lt metastazė (transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body)