Cancer
Cancer noun - A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini.
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Metastasis and cancer are semantically related. in technical topic. In some cases you can use "Metastasis" instead a noun "Cancer", when it comes to topics like carcinoma.
Nearby Word: cancerous
Metastasis
Metastasis noun - The spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body.
Cancer and metastasis are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Cancer" with "Metastasis", this nouns are similar.
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Meaningful Name: Reminiscent of metastasis, cancer that grows and consumes its host from within and spreads to other areas of the body.
Source: Characters / Bleach Hollows -
Starfish Aliens: All of the aliens are patently bizarre, but GENOA FRACTAL, aka the Flying Polyps, are more akin to a sentient infection than a race: they develop as a "Stage-V metastasis" of cancer, where the tumor bursts out of the patient and starts floating around and killing people.
Source: Literature / The Laundry Series - The Topic of Cancer: The story "Metastasis" is built heavily around this trope.
Source: Creator / Dan Simmons
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Metastasis and Cancer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancer/metastasis
Cancer & Metastasis. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancer/metastasis>.
Metastasis or Cancer. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancer/metastasis.
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