Meanings
- not comparablemedicineRelating to, or producing metastasis.
Three children who are US citizens, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, were taken to Honduras with their mothers, who were deported last week, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations.
2025 April 27, Dakin Andone, “3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers, lawyers and advocacy groups say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025
Origin
- Koine Greekμεταστατικός
- Frenchmétastatique
- Englishmetastatic
From French métastatique, from méta- + statique, as an adjective corresponding to métastase (“metastasis”), perhaps after Koine Greek μεταστατικός (metastatikós). By surface analysis, meta- + static.
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Chinese Mandarin 轉移 /转移
- 轉移 /转移 (zhuǎnyí)relating to metastasis
Czech metastatický
- metastatickýrelating to metastasis
French métastatique
- métastatiquerelating to metastasis
Greek μεταστατικός
- μεταστατικός (metastatikós)relating to metastasis
Italian metastatico
- metastaticorelating to metastasis
Polish metastatyczny
- metastatycznyrelating to metastasis
Portuguese metastático
- metastáticorelating to metastasis
Romanian metastatic
- metastaticrelating to metastasis
Spanish metastático
- metastáticorelating to metastasis
Cite this entry
metastatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metastatic
“metastatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metastatic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metastatic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metastatic.
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