[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Pathology.(of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.", "to spread injuriously:Street gangs have metastasized in our city.", "to transform, especially into a dangerous form:The KGB metastasized after the fall of the Soviet Union. Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy."]}]