The growth and multiplication of abnormal cells in another location to which they have been transported by means of lymph or blood stream, or both. SEE ALSO: metastasis. SYN: colonization (1), indenization. [L. in, in, + nidus, nest]
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in·nid·i·a·tion (ĭ-nid″e-aґshən) [in-1 + nidus] the development of cells in a part to which they have been carried by metastasis; called also colonization and indenization.Medical dictionary. 2011.