metastasize
intransitive verbTo be transmitted or transferred by metastasis.
intransitive verbTo be changed or transformed, especially dangerously.
intransitive verbTo spread, especially destructively.
In pathology, to produce new foci of disease in more or less distant parts by means of metastasis: referring usually to malignant growths.
verbto spread from one part of the body to other parts, and grow there; to spread by metastasis{3}; — said of cancer cells.
verbTo spread to other sites in the body; to undergo
spread throughout the body
