Vocabulary
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Metastase
/metaˈstaːzə/· noun· Pl. die Metastasen
metastasis, secondary tumour (patients: Tochtergeschwulst)
Metastasen are new tumours that cancer cells have formed elsewhere in the body, for example in the liver or the lungs. Patients say „Der Krebs hat gestreut“ or „Tochtergeschwülste“. Whether there are metastases decides much of the treatment and the prognosis.
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- Singular
- die Metastase
- Plural
- die Metastasen
- Genitiv
- der Metastase
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Metastase
metastasis
Im CT sieht man keine Metastasen in Leber und Lunge.
The CT shows no metastases in the liver or lungs.
Word family
Metastasemetastasierento metastasisemetastasiertmetastatic, having spreaddie Metastasierungspread of a tumour (the process)die Lebermetastaseliver metastasis
Common combinations
- Metastasen bildento form metastases
- keine Hinweise auf Metastasenno evidence of metastases
- Metastasen in der Leberliver metastases
- der Tumor hat (nicht) gestreutthe tumour has (not) spread
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
die Tochtergeschwulst (plain word)
Real examples
- Es gibt keine Hinweise darauf, dass der Tumor gestreut hat, also keine Metastasen.There is no sign that the tumour has spread — no metastases.
- Ob Metastasen vorliegen, entscheidet über die Therapie.Whether there are metastases decides the treatment.
- Die Metastase in der Lunge ist seit der Chemotherapie kleiner geworden.The lung metastasis has got smaller since the chemotherapy.
