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(in-TRAN-zit meh-TAS-tuh-sis)
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| A type of metastasis in which skin cancer spreads through a lymph vessel and begins to grow more than 2 centimeters away from the primary tumor but before it reaches the nearest lymph node. |
Previous Definitions: | In 111 Zevalin, in situ, in vitro, in vitro fertilization, in vivo | Next Definitions: | inalimarev, incidence, incision, incisional biopsy, incomplete Freund's adjuvant |
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