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Metastases vs Metastasectomy - What's the difference?

metastases | metastasectomy |

As nouns the difference between metastases and metastasectomy

is that metastases is while metastasectomy is (surgery) surgical removal of the metastases (cancerous growths).

metastases

English

Noun

(head)
  • (medicine)

    • metastasectomy

    English

    (wikipedia metastasectomy)

    Noun

    (metastasectomies)
  • (surgery) Surgical removal of the metastases (cancerous growths).

    • Related terms

    *metastasis