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Metastatic

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adj. Relating to metastasis.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to metastasis; characterized by or consisting in metastasis.

Relating to or characteristic of the Metastatica or Holostomatidæ; involving a change of host but no alternation of generations: as, the metastatic mode of development of certain trematodes.

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adj. relating to or affected by metastasis

Word Usage

"The evidence is anecdotal, Dr. Newcomer notes, but a goal of the pilot program is to reduce any overuse in metastatic cancer patients while still paying doctors to care for patients."

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