What it means
The beginning of words for a change in place or form, or for something beyond another part. metastasismuh-TAS-tuh-sisThe spread of cancer cells from where the cancer started to other parts of the body.meta- change, beyondstasis standing, placeFull entry is cancer spreading to a new place in the body; metabolism is the chemical change of food into energy in the body; the metacarpals are the hand bones beyond the wrist (carpals).
Related terms
metabolism
All the chemical processes in the body's cells that make energy, build tissue and break substances down.
metastasis
The spread of cancer cells from where the cancer started to other parts of the body.
carp/o
A word part that means wrist.