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Verb: metastasize  mu'ta-stu,sIz
  1. Spread throughout the body
    "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved";
    - metastasise [Brit]

Derived forms: metastasized, metastasizes, metastasizing

Type of: distribute, spread

Encyclopedia: Metastasize

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