metastatic

Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth; a metastatic tumor.

Cancerous cells broken away from the initial tumor.

Pertaining to or of the nature of a metastasis.

• m. abscesses — abscesses seeded down in tissues distant from a mother abscess.
• m. calcification — deposition of calcification in soft tissues, e.g. muscles and connective tissue.
• m. cascade — the series of events leading to metastasis, starting with detachment of neoplastic cells from the primary site through to attachment and tumor growth at a distant site.