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metastasize

(also metastasise)
Definition of metastasize

verb

[no object] Medicine
  • (of a cancer) spread to other sites in the body by metastasis: his cancer had metastasized to the liver (as adjective metastasizing)metastasizing tumour cells

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Definition of metastasize in the US English dictionary
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