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metastasis

/mɪˈtæstəsɪs/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A change in nature, form, or quality.
  2. 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.
  3. The spread of a harmful event to another location, like the metastasis of a cancer.
  4. Denying adversaries' arguments and turning the arguments back on them.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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