metastasis
Example Sentences
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Marlies, 66, had successful surgery to remove the brain metastases, four days after the ER visit and was home on Christmas Day, according to Frei.
From Seattle Times
At the oncologist’s recommendation, Drayton underwent radiation targeted at the metastases in his spine, but the treatment showed no improvement.
From Washington Post
“The fight against Iran and its metastases and against Iranian armament is a huge task,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a meeting with Israeli security chiefs.
From Washington Post
I believe his deceitful attacks on the election results, and by extension on the Constitution he swore to uphold, were the metastasis of his moral deficiencies and psychological disorders.
From Washington Post
But the metastasis of it, all the thousands of cancer cells throughout the body, they're still there.
From Salon
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