Get to know Metastasize better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like spread or distribute. In Dutch this translates to metastaseren.
Metastasize meaning
- Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to form a metastasis (“a secondary focus away from the primary site”) in (a body organ).
- To disseminate or spread (something, often an undesirable thing), especially in a destructive manner.
- Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to undergo metastasis (“spreading from a primary site to one or more other sites in the body”).
Synonyms of Metastasize
Metastasize vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Metastasize
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to form a metastasis (“a secondary focus away from the primary site”) in (a body organ). | To disseminate or spread (something, often an undesirable thing), especially in a destructive manner. | Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to undergo metastasis (“spreading from a primary site to one or more other sites in the body”).
- Useful related words include: metastasise, spread, distribute.
- Possible Dutch translations are: metastaseren, uitzaaien.
- In the example corpus, metastasize often appears in combinations such as: and metastasize, to metastasize.
Context around Metastasize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Metastasize
- In this selection, "metastasize" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fantasies, essentially and outside stand out and add context to how "metastasize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cells to metastasize that is and disease has metastasize and chemo. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "metastasize" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with metastasize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sinning by silence, a cowardly act, instead of protesting, allows the cancer to persist and metastasize. (16 words)
F-g terrifying that we learned nothing from history and now the disease has metastasize and chemo is the only option. (21 words)
It illustrates that the refusal to confront racism allows it to fester and metastasize in ways that are unimaginable until it is too late. (24 words)
If we do, though, that will be an exceptionally interesting new growth model, with significant ramifications — a way for Silicon Valley to essentially metastasize to the rest of the world. (30 words)
Previously, the UB researchers had proven that this biomarker, expressed only in metastatic prostate cancer cells, is necessary in order for cancer cells to metastasize, that is, invade other tissues. (30 words)
Daly will not need chemotherapy or radiation because it’s a slow growing tumor with little tendency to metastasize, but he’ll be monitored with regular MRIs just in case. (30 words)
Example sentences (8)
F-g terrifying that we learned nothing from history and now the disease has metastasize and chemo is the only option.
It illustrates that the refusal to confront racism allows it to fester and metastasize in ways that are unimaginable until it is too late.
Oval Office paranoid fantasies metastasize outside the Beltway and ignite passions -- fear and anger especially -- that leave armies of Trump partisans vigilant and at the ready.
If we do, though, that will be an exceptionally interesting new growth model, with significant ramifications — a way for Silicon Valley to essentially metastasize to the rest of the world.
Previously, the UB researchers had proven that this biomarker, expressed only in metastatic prostate cancer cells, is necessary in order for cancer cells to metastasize, that is, invade other tissues.
The “lab-on-a-chip” for liquid biopsy analysis detects exosomes—tiny parcels of biological information tumor cells produce to stimulate tumor growth or metastasize.
Daly will not need chemotherapy or radiation because it’s a slow growing tumor with little tendency to metastasize, but he’ll be monitored with regular MRIs just in case.
Sinning by silence, a cowardly act, instead of protesting, allows the cancer to persist and metastasize.
Common combinations with metastasize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and metastasize 2×
- to metastasize 2×