metástase

See also: Metastase, métastase, and métastasé

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtas.ta.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtas.ta.zi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈtaʃ.ta.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtas.ta.ze/

• (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)

Related terms

• metastânico
• metastaseado
• metastásico
• metastático