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metastasis n.[医]转移；转移瘤 (1) 癌细胞的扩散称为转移。(2) 大多数骨肿瘤都是转移瘤。 The noun metastasis is a medical term that's most often used to describe a spreading cancer. If a patient's lung cancer spreads to his heart or to his lymph nodes, that is metastasis. It's a Greek word meaning "transference or change." In Latin, the word metastasis was at one time used to mean "a sudden transition in subjects," but ever since the 1660s, the English use has been almost entirely medical.

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英 [mə'tæstəsɪs] 美 [mə'tæstəsɪs] (1) The spread of cancer is called metastasis.(2) The most common neoplasm in bone is a metastasis. When a doctor uses the word metastasis, it's never good news. It means an illness has spread to new parts of the body.

英语单词	metastasis
英美音标	英 [mə'tæstəsɪs] 美 [mə'tæstəsɪs]
中文释义	n.[医]转移；转移瘤
英语例句	(1) The spread of cancer is called metastasis. (2) The most common neoplasm in bone is a metastasis.
中文例句	(1) 癌细胞的扩散称为转移。 (2) 大多数骨肿瘤都是转移瘤。
vocabulary简明	When a doctor uses the word metastasis, it's never good news. It means an illness has spread to new parts of the body.
vocabulary扩展	The noun metastasis is a medical term that's most often used to describe a spreading cancer. If a patient's lung cancer spreads to his heart or to his lymph nodes, that is metastasis. It's a Greek word meaning "transference or change." In Latin, the word metastasis was at one time used to mean "a sudden transition in subjects," but ever since the 1660s, the English use has been almost entirely medical.

Metastasis Metastasis Word Spread Cancer 英 Mə'Tæstəsɪs] 美 Mə'Tæstəsɪs