métastase

See also: Metastase, métastasé, and metástase

French

Etymology

From méta- +‎ stase.

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)

Related terms

• métastaser
• métastatique

Further reading

• “métastase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.