Definition
Metastasis is the process in which cancer cells spread from the original tumor to other parts of the body. These traveling cells form new tumors that can be harder to treat.
Etymology
From Greek ‘metastasis,’ meaning ‘removal’ or ‘change of place,’ from ‘meta-’ (change) and ‘histanai’ (to place or set). In medicine, it came to mean the shifting of disease from one place to another.
Kelly Says
The word literally means a ‘change of place,’ which is exactly what makes metastatic cancer so dangerous—the disease doesn’t stay put. Doctors often treat the original cancer and all its metastases as one disease, no matter where they show up.
Translations
ARالعربية
انتشار
in-ti-shaar
BNবাংলা
মেটাষ্টেসিস
meh-ta-stes-is
CACatalà
metàstasi
meh-ta-stah-zee
CSČeština
metastáza
meh-ta-sta-za
DADansk
metastase
meh-ta-stah-zeh
DEDeutsch
Metastasierung
meh-ta-STAH-see-rung
ELΕλληνικά
μεταστάσεις
meh-ta-sta-se-es
ESEspañol
metástasis
meh-ta-STAH-sis
FISuomi
metastaasi
meh-ta-sta-asi
FRFrançais
métastase
meh-ta-STAHZ
GUGU
મેટાસ્ટેસિસ
meh-ta-stes-is
HAHA
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
HEעברית
ה metastase
ha meh-ta-stah-seh
HIहिन्दी
मेटास्टेसिस
meh-ta-stah-sis
HUMagyar
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
IDBahasa Indonesia
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
IGIG
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
ITItaliano
metastasi
meh-ta-STAH-zee
KKKK
метастаз
meh-ta-staz
KMKM
ការរំលាយ
ka-r rom-lay
MRMR
मेटास्टेसिस
meh-ta-stes-is
MSBahasa Melayu
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
MYမြန်မာ
အကြောင်း
a-kya-ng
NLNederlands
metastasen
meh-ta-sta-sen
NONorsk
metastase
meh-ta-stah-se
PAPA
ਮੇਟਾਸਟੇਸਿਸ
meh-ta-stes-is
PLPolski
metastaza
meh-ta-sta-za
PTPortuguês
metástase
meh-ta-STAH-zeh
RORomână
metastaza
meh-ta-sta-za
RUРусский
метастаз
meh-ta-staz
SVSvenska
metastas
meh-ta-stas
SWKiswahili
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
TAதமிழ்
புரட்சி
pu-rat-chi
TEతెలుగు
మెటాస్టేసిస్
meh-ta-stes-is
THไทย
การแพร่กระจาย
gan prae kra-chai
TLTL
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
TRTürkçe
metastaz
meh-ta-staz
UKУкраїнська
метастаза
meh-ta-staz-a
URاردو
متاستاز
meh-ta-staaz
VITiếng Việt
di căn
dee-kan
YOYO
metastasis
meh-ta-sta-sis
ZUZU
umetastas
oo-meh-ta-stas