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metastasize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb metastasize has 1 sense
- metastasize(v = verb.body) metastasise - spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved" is one way to distribute, spread
Derived form noun metastasis1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
metastasize, v.
to spread from one part of the body to other parts, and grow there; to spread by metastasis{3}; -- said of cancer cells. [WordNet 1.5]
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