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premetastatic

premetastatic adjective: prior to metastasis.

Adjective

premetastatic (not comparable)

  1. Prior to metastasis.
    • Since metastasis is what kills patients with breast cancer, it is, of course, generally true that the ability to detect and remove premetastatic tumors saves womenʼs lives.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), pages 302–303

Forms of premetastatic

alternative formpre-metastatic

Origin of premetastatic

From pre- + metastatic.

Questions about premetastatic

What does premetastatic mean?
Premetastatic means prior to metastasis.
What part of speech is premetastatic?
Premetastatic is an adjective.

Words near premetastatic in the dictionary

  1. premetallic
  2. premetallized
  3. premetamorphic
  4. premetaphase
  5. premetaphases
  6. premetastatic
  7. premetazoan
  8. premetazoans
  9. premethodical
  10. premethylated
  11. premetric

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