Nice article. Check out this Hitch phrase though, and tell me he didn't have a thesaurus handy: The second assumption is that the harder we fight them, the more such cancers metastasize.
Metastasize? I use that word about once a week. If anything, Hitch is good as he often sends his readers to consult their own dictionaries. And now, ladies and gentlemen, Merriam-Webster "metastasize" defined:
Main Entry: me·tas·ta·sis Pronunciation: m&-'tas-t&-s&s Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural me·tas·ta·ses /-"sEz/ Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, transition, from Greek, from methistanai to change, from meta- + histanai to set -- more at STAND 1 a : change of position, state, or form b : the spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells) from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body; also : the process by which such spreading occurs 2 : a secondary malignant tumor resulting from metastasis
Nice article. Check out this Hitch phrase though, and tell me he didn't have a thesaurus handy: The second assumption is that the harder we fight them, the more such cancers metastasize.
ReplyDeleteMetastasize? I use that word about once a week. If anything, Hitch is good as he often sends his readers to consult their own dictionaries. And now, ladies and gentlemen, Merriam-Webster "metastasize" defined:
Main Entry: me·tas·ta·sis
Pronunciation: m&-'tas-t&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural me·tas·ta·ses /-"sEz/
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, transition, from Greek, from methistanai to change, from meta- + histanai to set -- more at STAND
1 a : change of position, state, or form b : the spread of a disease-producing agency (as cancer cells) from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body; also : the process by which such spreading occurs
2 : a secondary malignant tumor resulting from metastasis
If he used a Roget's thesaurus, he'll have done us Yanks proud
ReplyDeleteHitch is likely big on reading medical journals, too.
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