verb
- past tense of metastasize; (of cancer cells) to spread from the original tumor to other parts of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system
Usage: medical/oncology term; British spelling variant (American: metastasized)
Examples
- The cancer metastasised to her lungs within six months.
- Doctors discovered that the tumor had metastasised to multiple organs.
- Early detection prevented the disease from metastasising further.
- The patient's condition worsened after the cancer metastasised to the liver.
- Without treatment, the malignant cells metastasised rapidly throughout the body.