Definition of "metastasis" in Englisch

noun

1. A change in nature, form, or quality.

2. (medicine, oncology) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.

3. (figurative) The spread of something harmful to another location, such as the metastasis of a cancer.

4. (rhetoric) A sudden or rapid transition from one point, topic or argument to another, often to evade an uncomfortable subject or to redirect the discussion.