Metastasis

A spiritual change, as during baptism.

A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another.

The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.

the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body