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Human Health and Disease — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYHuman Health and Disease1 Mark
Question
Explain what is meant by metastasis.
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Answer

When cells sloughed from a malignant tumour cell reaches other parts of body via blood and start a new tumour there, this is termed as metastasis.

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