metastasizing
Malignancy on move
Metastasizing is the spread of cancer from its original site to other parts of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system: The tumor was metastasizing to her liver.
Figuratively, it describes any harmful thing that spreads aggressively beyond its origin: Corruption was metastasizing through the organization.
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
carcinoma · biopsy · sarcoma · lymphoma · adenocarcinoma · melanoma · glioblastoma · neoplasm
Causing moral decay
- spreadingExtending over space
- infectingTransmitting pathogens to hosts
- permeatingSpreading throughout completely
- infiltratingEntering covertly to gather information
encroaching · proliferating · expanding · invading · overtaking · engulfing · consuming · contaminating
Rapid increase in quantity
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- transmissionSending of information
- propagationAct of spreading widely
dispersion · permeation · escalation · expansion · infiltration · percolation · saturation · multiplication
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
radiation · carcinoma · biopsy · sarcoma · lymphoma · adenocarcinoma · melanoma · glioblastoma · neoplasm · leukemia
corrupting
Causing moral decay
- spreadingExtending over space
- infectingTransmitting pathogens to hosts
- permeatingSpreading throughout completely
infiltrating · encroaching · proliferating · expanding · invading · overtaking · engulfing · consuming · contaminating · poisoning
proliferation
Rapid increase in quantity
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- transmissionSending of information
propagation · dispersion · permeation · escalation · expansion · infiltration · percolation · saturation · multiplication · migration
metastasizinglocalized
Restricted to one place
contained · confined · encapsulated · in situ · circumscribed
metastasis, metastatic, metastasize, metastases, metastasise, metastasizes, metastasized, metastasised