Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metastasis"
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) 1.7 (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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