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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. spread throughout the body;
- Example: "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved"
[syn: metastasize, metastasise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

metastasize \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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metastasize
    v 1: spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized
         and the patient could not be saved" [syn: metastasize,
         metastasise]