METASTASIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they metastasize ... he / she / it metastasizes

Past simple: metastasized

Past participle: metastasized

-ing form: metastasizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spread throughout the body

Example:

the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved

Synonyms:

metastasise; metastasize

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "metastasize" is one way to...):

distribute; spread (distribute or disperse widely)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

metastasis (the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body)

Credits

Context examples:

When cancer cells metastasize and form secondary tumors, the cells in the metastatic tumor are like those in the original (primary) tumor.

(Metastasize, NCI Dictionary)

A substance present in or produced by a tumor or by the host, that can be used for differentiating neoplasms that are likely to metastasize from those that are unlikely to metastasize.

(Metastasis and Aggressiveness Marker, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs predominantly in children and has the tendency to metastasize via the cerebrospinal fluid pathways.

(Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone osteosarcoma that has metastasized to skeletal or extraskeletal sites.

(Metachronous Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the small intestine and it has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Small Intestinal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from the appendix.

(Benign Appendix Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from the adrenal gland.

(Benign Adrenal Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma which has metastasized from an unknown primary anatomic site.

(Adenocarcinoma of Unknown Primary, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor usually metastasizes to unusual sites and late metastasis is common.

(Non-Hereditary Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The former do not metastasize and the latter two are associated with a future risk of stromal invasion and metastasis.