metastasis
noun[CorU]
medicalspecializeduk/meˈtæs.tə.sɪs/us/məˈtæs.tə.sɪs/pluralmetastasesuk/meˈtæs.tə.siːz/us/məˈtæs.tə.siːz/thespreadof adisease,especiallycancer, from theplacewhere itstartedin thebodyto otherareas:
(癌细胞)转移Patients withkidneymetastasistypicallyhavecancerouscellgrowthin bothkidneys.如果患者的癌细胞转移到了肾脏,那么通常两只肾内都有癌细胞。
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis
- zoonotic
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