Metastasize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  metastasize \metastasize\ v.
     to spread from one part of the body to other parts, and grow
     there; to spread by metastasis[3]; -- said of cancer cells.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  metastasize
       v : spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized and
           the patient could not be saved" [syn: {metastasise}]