metástase

See also: Metastase, métastase, and métastasé

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετάστασις (metástasis, “removal, change”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈtaʃ.tɐ.zɨ/

Noun

metástase f (plural metástases)

  1. (oncology) metastasis (the transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body)

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