metastasize是什么意思？

metastasize

英[mɪ'tæstəsaɪz] 美[mə'tæstəˌsaɪz]

• vi. 转移；

第三人称单数：metastasizes;

过去式：metastasized;

过去分词：metastasized;

现在分词：metastasizing;

例句

• This type of tumor can metastasize and can cause cystic endometrial hyperplasia. 最常见的种类为颗粒细胞瘤.
• Oncologists must try to outsmart tumors that have already begun to metastasize. 癌病医生们必须采取更有效的办法来对付肿瘤的转移.
• Cancer cells metastasize through the body. 癌细胞蔓延全身.

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. spread throughout the body;
  "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved"

行业词典

• 医学： 转移，迁徙；