metastatic

[ met-uh-stat-ik ]

/ ˌmɛt əˈstæt ɪk /

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adjective

Pathology. of, relating to, or resulting from metastasis, the transference of disease-producing organisms or malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces: These blood vessels supply the tumor with nutrients and facilitate its metastatic spread.

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Origin of metastatic

First recorded in 1760–70; metasta(sis) + -tic

OTHER WORDS FROM metastatic

met·a·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby metastatic

metasomatism, metastable, Metastasio, metastasis, metastasize, metastatic, meta tag, metatarsal, metatarsal arch, metatarsus, metate

How to use metastatic in a sentence

In the treatment studies, the researchers administered the nanoparticles to mice with metastatic tumor in their lungs.
How a plant virus could help stop cancers from reaching the lungs|noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)|September 25, 2021|TechCrunch
Several types of malignancies, including melanoma, lung and breast cancer, have a particular penchant for spreading to the brain — between 10 and 30 percent of patients develop such metastases.
Can Cancer Killers Get Past the Brain’s Bouncers?|Charu Kasturi|November 30, 2020|Ozy
However, there are very few therapies available that are specifically engineered to address brain metastases.
Can Cancer Killers Get Past the Brain’s Bouncers?|Charu Kasturi|November 30, 2020|Ozy
Because of this, the efficacy of most current cancer therapies in treating brain metastasis is limited by poor brain penetrance.
Can Cancer Killers Get Past the Brain’s Bouncers?|Charu Kasturi|November 30, 2020|Ozy

Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2016, the Ohio chef went from one chemotherapy regimen to another in an effort to outrun the cancer that had spread from her breast to her bones, lungs and liver.
As Coronavirus Continues to Spread in the U.S., the Clinical Trials Cancer Patients Rely on Are Disappearing|Alice Park|July 23, 2020|Time
From there grew the idea that inflammation itself could be a facilitator of metastatic growth.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a struggle of a little less than seven weeks, my father—a lifelong nonsmoker—died of metastatic lung cancer.
Murray Bernard Frum, 1931–2013|David Frum|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Together for 17 years, for 12 of those years, Nancy fought metastatic cancer.
A Gay Warrior’s Win for Partner at National Cemetery|Eleanor Clift|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When they told us she had metastatic disease, she was well schooled in what to expect, and she expected two years.
A Gay Warrior’s Win for Partner at National Cemetery|Eleanor Clift|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nine years ago, he discovered he had metastatic colon cancer.
Sen. Tom Coburn Talks Romney, Norquist, and Taxes|Lloyd Grove|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A second form of metastatic arthritis is met with in strangles.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix
(ii) To evacuate pus from the anterior chamber following metastatic infection.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
Infection by contiguous extension occurs and also metastatic involvement is met with occasionally.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix
However, metastatic inflammation of this joint is seldom observed except in cases of strangles.
Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix
At present we have in the wards of the hospital a patient with multiple metastatic carcinomas of the skin.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various