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Metastatic
Pronunciation
Definition 1
Having to do with metastasis, which is the spread of cancer from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
A term referring to the clinical or pathologic observation of a tumor extension from its original site of growth to another anatomic site. (NCI Thesaurus)
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