metastasize

intransitive verb

To be transmitted or transferred by metastasis.

intransitive verb

To be changed or transformed, especially dangerously.

intransitive verb

To 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.

verb

to spread from one part of the body to other parts, and grow there; to spread by metastasis{3}; — said of cancer cells.

verb

To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.

verb

spread throughout the body