different between metastasize vs carcinomatosis

English

Alternative forms

• metastasise

Etymology

From metastasis +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??tæst?s??z/

Verb

metastasize (third-person singular simple present metastasizes, present participle metastasizing, simple past and past participle metastasized)

1. (medicine, of a disease or tumour) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
   • 1989, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:

     On other screens are closeups of skin pores, before and after, details of regimes for everything, your hands, your neck, your thighs. Your elbows, especially your elbows: aging begins at the elbows and metastasizes.

   • 2001, David Lodge, Thinks...:

     ‘Your lump could be a secondary cancer metastasized from the bowel. I had a patient like that not long ago.’

Translations

English

Etymology

carcinoma +? -osis

Noun

carcinomatosis (plural carcinomatoses)

1. (medicine) The widespread presence of carcinomas that have metastasized throughout the body.

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

carcinoma +? -osis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ka??inoma?tosis/, [ka?.?i.no.ma?t?o.sis]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ka?sinoma?tosis/, [ka?.si.no.ma?t?o.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Hyphenation: car?ci?no?ma?to?sis

Noun

carcinomatosis f (plural carcinomatosis)

1. (medicine) carcinomatosis