HyperDic: metastasize

English > 1 sense of the word metastasize:
VERBbodymetastasize, metastasisespread throughout the body
metastasize > pronunciation
Soundsmahtae'stahsay.z
Rhymesactualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...
English > metastasize: 1 sense > verb 1, body
MeaningSpread throughout the body.
PatternSomething ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Example"the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved"
Synonymmetastasise
Broaderspread, distributeDistribute or disperse widely
Spanishmetastatizar
Catalanmetastatitzar
Nounsmetastasisthe spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body

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