metastasize
Malignancy migrates elsewhere
Metastasize is a medical term for cancer spreading from its original site to other parts of the body: The tumor metastasized to her liver.
Figuratively, it describes any harmful thing that spreads aggressively: Corruption metastasized throughout the agency.
The noun is metastasis; the adjective is metastatic.
Uncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- melanomaAggressive pigment-cell cancer
sarcoma · adenocarcinoma · neoplasm · lymphatic · oncology · chemotherapy · radiation · biopsy
Spread information widely
- proliferateReproduce or spread swiftly
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- migrateMove to new region
- colonizeEstablish control over territory
disperse · infiltrate · diffuse · propagate · permeate · extend · advance · progression
cancer
Uncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
melanoma · sarcoma · adenocarcinoma · neoplasm · lymphatic · oncology · chemotherapy · radiation · biopsy · prognosis
disseminate
Spread information widely
- proliferateReproduce or spread swiftly
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- migrateMove to new region
colonize · disperse · infiltrate · diffuse · propagate · permeate · extend · advance · progression · systemic
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- escalationescalation, escalate, ratchet up, worsen, intensify
metastasis, metastasise, metastasizes, metastasized, metastasised, metastasizing