metastasise

metastasise
verb
spread throughout the body
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the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved

Syn: ↑metastasize
Derivationally related forms: ↑metastasis (for: ↑metastasize)
Hypernyms: ↑spread, ↑distribute
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

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metasˈtasize or metasˈtasise intransitive verb
(of a tumour, etc) to pass to another part of the body
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Main Entry:metastasis

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