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.
雙語例句
1. Approximately one third of all patients with malignant disease have hepatic metastasis.
在有惡性病變的全部病人中,大約1/3有肝轉移.
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2. They are growing slowly with a propensity for local recurrence and metastasis.
腫瘤本身特性為緩慢變大,具有局部再發和轉移現象.
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3. Conclusions: Basil polysaccharide may have multi - targets during the anti - cancer metastasis process.
結論: 羅勒多糖通過多個藥效靶點 抗腫瘤 增殖及轉移.
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4. To understand basic theory of cancer pathogenesis, invasion and metastasis.
了解腫瘤發生發展的基本理論, 腫瘤浸潤和轉移的機制.
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5. Metastasis is the best indication that a neoplasm is malignant.