<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Metastases:<ul><li>Pathology: the transference of disease-producing organisms or malignant/cancerous cells to other parts of the body via blood or lymphatic vessels.</li><li>Condition produced by this process.</li><li>Rhetoric: a rapid transition, as from one subject to another.</li><li>Physics: a change in position or orbit of an elementary particle.</li></ul></li></ul>