| 单词 |
metastatic |
| 释义 |
metastatic, a.|mɛtəˈstætɪk|
[f. metastasis: cf. static and rare Gr. µεταστατικός.]
1. Min. (See quot.)
1816R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 2) 218 A crystal is named..Metastatic (metastatique), that is to say, transferred, when its plane angles and solid angles are the same as those of the nucleus, and are thus transported to the secondary form. Example, Metastatic calcareous-spar.
2. Pertaining to, characterized or produced by metastasis.
a. Path.1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 316 As sometimes happens in metastatic dropsy from repelled gout. 1841Medico-Chirurg. Rev. XXXV. 563 Metastatic Abscess. 1892Tuke's Dict. Psychol. Med. II. 697 Metastatic Insanity, any form of insanity which appears and disappears with the disappearance or appearance of certain physical affections, e.g. asthma, gout, erysipelas, &c.
b. Biol.1880Bessey Bot. 186 Those metastatic changes which take place in the ordinary growth of plants.
So metaˈstatical a. = metastatic 1. metaˈstatically adv., by metastasis (in recent Dicts.).
1817R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 224 The metastatical variety of calcareous spar. |
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