metastatic

From French métastatique, from méta- + statique, as an adjective corresponding to métastase (“metastasis”), perhaps after Koine Greek μεταστατικός (metastatikós).^[1] By surface analysis, meta- +‎ static.

• IPA^(key): /mɛtəˈstætɪk/

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metastatic (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Relating to, or producing metastasis.
   • 2025 April 27, Dakin Andone, “3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers, lawyers and advocacy groups say”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Three children who are US citizens, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, were taken to Honduras with their mothers, who were deported last week, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations.

• metastasis

Borrowed from French métastatique.

metastatic m or n (feminine singular metastatică, masculine plural metastatici, feminine/neuter plural metastatice)

1. metastatic