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What is the noun for metastatic?

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metastasis
  1. (medicine) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.
  2. (figuratively) The spread of a harmful event to another location, like the metastasis of a cancer.
  3. (rhetoric) Denying adversaries' arguments and turning the arguments back on them.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. segue, transition, shift, passage, change, evolution, progression, continuation, turn, adaptation, conversion, development, move, mutation, switch, transfiguration, pivot, jump, leap, metamorphosis, realignment, juncture, twist, changeover, departure, deviation, flux, passing, transmogrification, transmutation, transformation, modification, adjustment, gradation, progress, growth, amendment, modulation, reformation, revision, alteration, remodelling, reshaping, turning point, upheaval, crossing, transit, remodeling, variation, path … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The sudden onset of myelopathy secondary to spinal metastasis is a true neurologic emergency.”
      “A computed tomography scan showed multiple nodules in the liver and bilateral pulmonary metastasis.”
      “Breast tumors may also be the result of metastasis from primary prostate cancer.”
metastasectomy
  1. (surgery) Surgical removal of the metastases (cancerous growths).
metastaticity
  1. The condition of being metastatic
metastatogenesis
  1. The development of metastases
metastasectomies
  1. plural of metastasectomy
metastases
  1. (medicine) plural of metastasis
  2. Synonyms:
      3. segues, transitions, shifts, passages, changes, evolutions, progressions, continuations, turns, adaptations, conversions, developments, moves, mutations, switches, transfigurations, pivots, jumps, leaps, metamorphoses, realignments, junctures, twists, changeovers, departures, deviations, fluxes, passings, transmogrifications, transmutations, transformations, adjustments, gradations, progresses, modifications, growths, amendments, reshapings, remodellings, alterations, revisions, modulations, reformations, turning points, crossings, upheavals, transits, metanoias, courses, remodelings … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Four patients responded despite extensive metastases to liver, brain, skin, and adrenals, with survival of 4 to 6 months.”
      “Common sites of metastases include liver, bone, bone marrow, extradural space, orbits and skin.”
      “The iliac crest bone marrow biopsy is the gold standard for detecting of bone marrow metastases in small cell lung cancer.”
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