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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. spread throughout the body;
- Example: "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved"
[syn: metastasize, metastasise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metastasize v 1: spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved" [syn: metastasize, metastasise]