Metastasize - a podcast by Word of the Day

Metastasize is a verb that means to dramatically spread.

The Greek word methistanai (methy STAHN ay) means ‘to change.’ This word later evolved into metastasis, a word for a disease, which later became our word of the day. Metastasize usually refers to a growth of something malignant in the body, but it can also be used metaphorically. For example: The payroll difficulties in our office metastasized when our computers went down. After that, the entire company was having problems cashing their checks.

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