(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
Used in a Sentence
metastasized
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for metastasized.
Editorial note
The banking industry may have metastasized from a service industry to a giant vampire squid, but that doesn't mean every company turned into slimy blood-sucking leeches.
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Quick take
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of metastasized gathered in one view.
(intransitive, figuratively) To spread, especially in a destructive manner.
(transitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To form a metastasis in (an organ).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for metastasized.
verb
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To spread, especially in a destructive manner.
verb
(transitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To form a metastasis in (an organ).
verb
(transitive, figuratively) To spread or disseminate (something), especially in a destructive manner.
Example sentences
The banking industry may have metastasized from a service industry to a giant vampire squid, but that doesn't mean every company turned into slimy blood-sucking leeches.
At our company a bunch of early Rails apps metastasized into financial/billing modules that do DB access using ActiveRecord.
After the 1980s, the anti-intellectual undercurrent (that exists in all societies) metastasized through the resurgent conservative movement (Reagan Revolution).
Sacks was, lucky if it can be called that, to have the less aggressive strain of Ocular Melanoma that metastasized.
Might it be that the cancer that metastasized in his liver is independent of that that was in his eye?
Won't this just show a massive blob of datapoints near Wall St and anywhere Goldman Sachs et al have metastasized?
The most gold-plated safety net in the world cannot save someone from stage IV metastasized melanoma.
Further non invasive tests would have found my tumor, possibly before it metastasized.
It's a terrible disease that nearly took a parent from me (it had metastasized before it was caught; my mother was incredibly lucky).
We also don't know why some cancers metastasized and some don't.
Today the annual fed investment is 5bln annually [3] I do not mean to sound totally discouraged, as clearly the screenings have helped many to detect cancers before they metastasized.
The HN self-driving car fetish has apparently metastasized out of its usual Uber and Google threads and has started infecting and spawning here in totally unrelated topics apparently.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use metastasized in a sentence?
The banking industry may have metastasized from a service industry to a giant vampire squid, but that doesn't mean every company turned into slimy blood-sucking leeches.
What does metastasized mean?
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
What part of speech is metastasized?
metastasized is commonly used as verb.