Each week, Verywell explains a term from health, medicine, science, or technology.Word of the Week: MetastaticHow to say it: Metastatic (met-ah-STAH-tick)What it means: When the cause of a disease (such ascancer cells) moves from the place where it first started to other places in the body.Where it comes from: From the Latinmethistanhi, meaning “to change.“Yale Rosen/Wikimedia CommonsWhere you might see or hear it: If you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer in one organ and it spreads to another, your doctor will use the term"metastatic” to describe cancer.When you might want to use it: If you have cancer and your doctor tells you that it has spread, you can explain to your friends and family that they might hear the term “metastatic” or “metastases” used to describe how your cancer has progressed.Where Breast Cancer Spreads
Each week, Verywell explains a term from health, medicine, science, or technology.
Word of the Week: Metastatic
How to say it: Metastatic (met-ah-STAH-tick)
What it means: When the cause of a disease (such ascancer cells) moves from the place where it first started to other places in the body.
Where it comes from: From the Latinmethistanhi, meaning “to change.”
Yale Rosen/Wikimedia Commons
Where you might see or hear it: If you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer in one organ and it spreads to another, your doctor will use the term"metastatic” to describe cancer.
When you might want to use it: If you have cancer and your doctor tells you that it has spread, you can explain to your friends and family that they might hear the term “metastatic” or “metastases” used to describe how your cancer has progressed.
Where Breast Cancer Spreads
SourcesVerywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Merriam-Webster. Definition ofMetastases.
Sources
Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Merriam-Webster. Definition ofMetastases.
Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.
Merriam-Webster. Definition ofMetastases.
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