metástase

See also: Metastase, métastase, and métastasé

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετάστασις (metástasis, “removal, change”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtas.ta.zi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈtaʃ.ta.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈtas.ta.ze/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈtaʃ.tɐ.zɨ/

Noun

metástase f (plural metástases)

(oncology) metastasis (the transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body)

Related terms

metastânico
metastaseado
metastásico
metastático

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