metastasize

1. V-I If cancer cells metastasize, they spread to another part of the body. (癌細胞)擴散[醫(yī)學]

A checkup revealed a small tumour on the left lower lobe of his lung, but it had not yet metastasized. 一次檢查顯示，他的肺部左下葉有一小塊腫瘤，但尚未擴散。

...when diagnosis is delayed until cancer has metastasized to other parts of the body. ...當診斷被推遲到癌癥已經擴散到身體其他部位的時候。