METASTASIS

metastasis. Metastasis, n. translation or removal of place

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Me‐tas″ta‐sis (?), n.; pl. Metastases (#). [] 1. 1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism.
2. 2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. Dunglison.
3. 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.