métastase

See also: Metastase, métastasé, and metástase

French

Etymology

From Middle French metastase, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετᾰ́στᾰσῐς (metắstăsĭs). By surface analysis, méta- +‎ stase. Its use to refer to the spread of cancer was coined in 1829 by the French gynecologist Joseph Récamier (1774–1852).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.tas.taz/
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Noun

métastase f (plural métastases)

  1. (oncology) metastasis (the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site)

Descendants

  • → English: metastasis (semantic loan)

Further reading

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