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Metastasis logo #10101) Bmr 2) Cardiorespiratory 3) Change 4) Glycolysis 5) Respiration 6) Respiratory 7) Transference
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Metastasis logo #10101) Pathologic process 2) Pathological process
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metastasis logo #22641removal from one place to another; rapid transition in argument
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Metastasis logo #21002• (n.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. • (n.) A spiritual change, as during baptism. • (n.) 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 ...
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metastasis logo #21005(meta- + Gr. stasis stand) 1. the transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it. It may be due either to the transfer of pathogenic microorganisms (e.g., tubercle bacilli) or to transfer of cells, as in malignant tumours. The capacity to metastasize is a characteristic of all malignant tumours. 2. Pl. meta...
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Metastasis logo #22453A secondary tumour (remote from the original cancer) which has arisen by spread through the blood, the lymph system or by direct invasion
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metastasis logo #21003(from the article `cancer`) In order to disseminate throughout the body, the cells of a solid tumour must be able to accomplish the following tasks. They must detach from ... Metastasis is thus the outstanding characteristic of malignancy. Metastasis is the tendency of tumour cells to be carried from their site of origin ... [2 relat...
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Metastasis logo #22512The migration of cancerous cells to other parts of the body.
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metastasis logo #21160A secondary malignant tumor (one that has spread from a primary cancer to affect other parts of the body); for example, a metastasis in the lungs may arise as a result of the spread of a cancer that originated in the skin. The term metastasis also applies to the process by which such spread occurs. ...
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Metastasis logo #20437(Plural metastases, or colloquially `mets`.) A `secondary` cancer, that is to say, one which has `spread` some distance away from a primary site, and frequently to a totally different organ.
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Metastasis logo #208921) Singular of Metastases 2) The process by which Metastases spread from one part of the body to another via the lymph system or blood vessels.
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metastasis logo #209731. <cell biology, oncology> The transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it. It may be due either to the transfer of pathogenic microorganisms (for example, tubercle bacilli) or to transfer of cells, as in malignant tumours. The capacity to metastasize is a characteristic of all malignant tumours. ... ...
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metastasis logo #21001(mә-tas´tә-sis) the transfer of disease from one organ or part to another not directly connected with it. It may be due to transfer of either pathogenic microorganisms (such as tubercle bacilli) or of cells, as in malignant tumors. See also cancer. a growth of pathogenic microorganisms or of ab...
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metastasis logo #10444Development of secondary tumour(s) at a site remote from the primary; a hallmark of malignant cells.
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Metastasis logo #20972Me·tas'ta·sis noun ; plural Metastases . [ Latin , transition, from Greek ..., from ... to place in another way; ... after + ... to place.] 1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism. 2. (Medicine) A change in the location of a disease, as from one p...
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Metastasis logo #22232Spread of tumor cells from one part of the body to another.
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Metastasis logo #20909Metastasis: 1. The process by which cancer spreads from the place at which it first arose as a primary tumor to distant locations in the body. 2. The cancer resulting from the spread of the primary tumor. For example, someone with melanoma may have a metastasis in their brain. And a person with colon cancer may, fortunately, show no metastases. Met...
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metastasis logo #21510(mue-tas;tua-sis) The spread of a disease from one organ or body part to another.
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Metastasis logo #20877Metastasis is when cancer or disease spreads to other parts of the body.
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Metastasis logo #21217Metastasis is the spreading of a disease from one part of the body to another. The term is particularly applied to the spread ofcancer cells from one part of the body to another.
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metastasis logo #21379Spread of tumor cells from the primary tumor site to distant body sites; a characteristic of malignant tumors.
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metastasis logo #21009metastasis (meh TAS tuh sis) (s), metastases (meh TAS tuh SEEZ) (pl) The spread of cancer from one part of the body to a different part of the body. A tumor formed by cells that have spread is called a metastatic tumor or a metastasis. The metastatic tumor contains cells that are like those in the original (primary) tumor.
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metastasis logo #21571The process in which cancer cells break away from the original tumor mass and establish new tumor sites elsewhere in the body.
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Metastasis logo #22027Singular form or metastases.
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Metastasis logo #23090Singular form or metastases.
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