1570s, originally in rhetoric, from Late Latin metastasis "transition," from Greek metastasis "a removing, removal; migration; a changing; change, revolution," from methistanai "to remove, change," from meta- "over, across" (see meta-) + histanai "to place, cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). A rhetorical term in Late Latin for "a sudden transition in subjects," medical use for "shift of disease from one part of the body to another" dates from 1660s in English. Related: Metastatic.
双语例句
1. Approximately one third of all patients with malignant disease have hepatic metastasis.
在有恶性病变的全部病人中,大约1/3有肝转移.
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2. They are growing slowly with a propensity for local recurrence and metastasis.
肿瘤本身特性为缓慢变大,具有局部再发和转移现象.
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3. Conclusions: Basil polysaccharide may have multi - targets during the anti - cancer metastasis process.
结论: 罗勒多糖通过多个药效靶点 抗肿瘤 增殖及转移.
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4. To understand basic theory of cancer pathogenesis, invasion and metastasis.
了解肿瘤发生发展的基本理论, 肿瘤浸润和转移的机制.
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5. Metastasis is the best indication that a neoplasm is malignant.