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転移する (てんいする) — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • metastasize verb Of cancer cells, to spread from the original tumour to other parts of the body through the blood or lymphatic system.

Senses

転移する (てんいする) is used for these senses in English:

  • metastasize (intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.

metastasize — full definition

  1. verb Of cancer cells, to spread from the original tumour to other parts of the body through the blood or lymphatic system.
  2. verb To spread and grow worse in a way that becomes hard to contain, used of problems, rumours or conflicts.
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