how to pronounce metastasis

/mɛˈtæs.tə.sɪs/

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meanings of metastasis

noun:

The spread of a harmful event to another location, like the metastasis of a cancer.
The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.
Denying adversaries' arguments and turning the arguments back on them.
A change in nature, form, or quality.

metastasis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word metastasis occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics metastasis can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that metastasis can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to metastasis

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