metastasis
/mɪˈtæstəsɪs/ · noun
Meaning
- A change in nature, form, or quality.
- 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.
- The spread of a harmful event to another location, like the metastasis of a cancer.
- Denying adversaries' arguments and turning the arguments back on them.
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