mets
n.— «The CT scan showed mets to the lungs and the liver.» —“The gift of small victories; A Stage IV breast cancer patient’s quest for hope and healing” by Tara McParland Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) Sept. 12, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Stellar first sentences from Bianca Bosker’s Cork Dork (Bookshop|Amazon) about her quest to become a sommelier and from A Tale of Two Cities (Bookshop|Amazon) by Charles Dickens.This is part of a complete episode.
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