METASTASIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metastasize mean? 

• METASTASIZE (verb)
  The verb METASTASIZE has 1 sense:

1. spread throughout the body

  Familiarity information: METASTASIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METASTASIZE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

metastasise; metastasize

Context example:

the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved

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)

 Context examples 

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the buccal mucosa.

(Benign Buccal Mucosa Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from the wall of the cecum.

(Benign Cecum Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from the breast parenchyma.

(Benign Breast Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A signet ring cell carcinoma that arises from the breast and has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Signet Ring Cell Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An ameloblastoma that does not recur or metastasize.

(Benign Ameloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the anterior portion of the tongue.

(Benign Anterior Tongue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from the wall of the colon.

(Benign Colon Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

If a cancer cell is softer, that make it easier to move through tissue and metastasize.

(Materials, like metallic glass, can help us understand how cells break, NSF)

A jugulotympanic paraganglioma that has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Jugulotympanic Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A Hodgkin lymphoma that has metastasized to the cerebral hemisphere following the initial presentation in another nodal or extranodal site.

(Metastatic Hodgkin Lymphoma to Cerebral Hemisphere, NCI Thesaurus)