metastasis
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/məˈtæstəsɪs/
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/məˈtæstəsɪs/
When cancer spreads from one part of the body to another and forms new tumors.
The doctors discovered metastasis in the patient's lungs, indicating that the cancer had spread.
醫生在病人的肺部發現了轉移,表明癌症已經擴散。