Past tense of metastasize

Forms of metastasize

Metastasized in a sentence

• "It was, 'Oh, it's gone to his brain, and it's metastasized his brain, and he's throwing up because of that.'"2013 May 11, Jaclyn Cosgrove, “Fostering hope: Doctor learns about being a mother to child with cancer”, in The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City...
• Your lump could be a secondary cancer metastasized from the bowel.2001, David Lodge, chapter 28, in Thinks … […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Viking Penguin, →ISBN, page 276
• The regression of a liver tumor after irradiation of bone that the tumor metastasized to is an example of the abscopal effect.From the entry abscopal

Meaning of metastasize

1. verb Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to form a metastasis (“a secondary focus away from the primary site”) in (a body organ).
2. verb To disseminate or spread (something, often an undesirable thing), especially in a destructive manner.
3. verb Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to undergo metastasis (“spreading from a primary site to one or more other sites in the body”).

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Questions about the past tense of metastasize

What is the past tense of metastasize?

The past tense of metastasize is metastasized.

What is the past participle of metastasize?

The past participle of metastasize is metastasized.

Is metastasize a regular or irregular verb?

Metastasize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.