Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metastatic

/mɛtəˈstætɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: metastat-ic
IPA: /mɛtəˈstætɪk/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or producing metastasis.

Example Sentences

"Three children who are US citizens, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, were taken to Honduras with their mothers, who were deported last week, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations."

Etymology

From French métastatique, from méta- + statique, as an adjective corresponding to métastase (“metastasis”), perhaps after Koine Greek μεταστατικός (metastatikós). By surface analysis, meta- + static.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: métastatique, μεταστατικός

Derived Forms

antimetastatic intermetastatic intrametastatic macrometastatic metastatically metastaticity metastatin micrometastatic multimetastatic nonmetastatic oligometastatic plurimetastatic

Frequently Paired Words

metastasis

Rhymes With

democratic dramatic automatic diplomatic static problematic systematic traumatic post-traumatic attic cinematic pragmatic

Questions

How do you pronounce metastatic?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɛtəˈstætɪk/.
What does metastatic mean?: Relating to, or producing metastasis.
Where does metastatic come from?: It is traced to French.

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