(มะแทส'ทะซิส) n. การย้ายของโรคหรือเชื้อหรือเซลล์จากส่วนหนึ่งหรืออวัยวะหนึ่งไปยังอีกส่วนหนึ่งหรืออวัยวะหนึ่งที่ไม่ติดต่อกันโดยตรง., See also: metastatic adj. pl. metastases
[てんい, ten'i] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) moving (with the times); changing (with the times); (2) metastasis; (3) (See 相転移) transition (i.e. phase transition); (4) transfer (of learning); (5) transference (in psychoanalysis); (P) #10,873[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Metastasis \Me*tas"ta*sis\, n.; pl. {Metastases}. [L.,
transition, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to place in another way; ? after
+ ? to place.]
1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one
part to another. --Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]
3. Especially: The migration of cancerous or malignant cells
from the site of their origin to other parts of the body.
Such cells may migrate to multiple new locations, making
therapy more difficult and often leading to death.
[PJC]
4. (Physiol.) The act or process by which matter is taken up
by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter;
in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of
those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant
which are not accompanied by a production of organic
matter; metabolism.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metastasis
n 1: the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another
part of the body
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
