metastasis

English Thesaurus

1. the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body (noun.process)

hypernym	:	pathologic process, pathological process,
definition	:	an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease (noun.process)

derivation	:	metastasise, metastasize,
definition	:	spread throughout the body (verb.body)

derivation	:	metastatic,
definition	:	relating to or affected by metastasis (adj.pert)

derivation	:	metastasise, metastasize,
definition	:	spread throughout the body (verb.body)

derivation	:	metastatic,
definition	:	relating to or affected by metastasis (adj.pert)