| 单词 | metastasize |
| 释义 | metastasize (once / 64587 pages) v When things metastasize, they grow and spread. Cancer cells are said to metastasize when they spread from one part of the body to another. A cancer patient dreads hearing the word metastasize, since it means that the malignant cells have spread through the body. Breast cancer cells are said to metastasize, for example, if they're found by a doctor in a patient's liver or brain. The process of this happening is known as metastasis. Both words come from the Late Latin metastasis, or "transition," with the Greek root word metastasis, "removal, migration, change, or revolution." WORD FAMILYmetastasize: metastasized, metastasizes, metastasizing+/metastasis: metastases, metastasise, metastasize USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, this is not just about Israel’s metastasizing colonial settlement project, important though that is. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The wars of the Middle East appear to be metastasizing across the Continent. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) But the war metastasized, spawning new horrors that increasingly affected the United States and its allies. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) v spread throughout the body the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved Syn|Hyper metastasise distribute, spread distribute or disperse widely |
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