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The spread of a disease process from one part of the body to another, as in the appearance of abnormal tissue growths (malignant or nonmalignant) in parts of the body remote from the site of the prima [..]
Source: radiologyinfo.org

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(n) the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body
Source: beedictionary.com

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Tumours that have spread from the first (primary) tumour into another part of the body. Also known as secondary tumours
Source: macmillan.org.uk (offline)

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Where the tumour has spread to other parts of the body beyond the primary site. Metastatic sites (secondaries) my be regional or distant from the original tumour.
Source: cancerindex.org (offline)

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Transfer of a Neoplasm from its primary site to Lymph Nodes or to distant parts of the body by way of the Lymphatic System.
Source: online-medical-dictionary.org

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The Transfer of a Neoplasm from one organ or part of the body to another remote from the primary site.
Source: online-medical-dictionary.org

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Also known as ‘secondaries’. Tumours or masses of cells that develop when cancer cells break away from the original (primary) cancer and are carried by the lymphatic and blood systems to other parts o [..]
Source: cancervic.org.au

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(medicine) metastasis|lang=en
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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