Metastasis

German Meaning

Metastasierung

Metastase

Metastasenbildung

English Meaning

  1. Pathology Transmission of pathogenic microorganisms or cancerous cells from an original site to one or more sites elsewhere in the body, usually by way of the blood vessels or lymphatics.
  2. A secondary cancerous growth formed by transmission of cancerous cells from a primary growth located elsewhere in the body.