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metastasis definition and meaning

n. A spiritual change, as during baptism.
n. A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another.
n. The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.