Stage: (1) A period in the course of a disease; a description of the extent of involvement of a disease process or the status of a patient with a specific disease, as of the distribution and extent of dissemination of a malignant neoplastic disease; also, the act of determining the stage of a disease, especially cancer.period. (2) The part of a microscope on which the microslide bears the object to be examined. (3) A particular step, phase, or position in a developmental process.For psychosexual stages, see entries under phase. [M.E. thr. O. Fr. estage, standing-place, fr. L. sto, pp. status, to stand]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Stage: The extent of a cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor, whether lymph nodes contain cancer, and whether the cancer has spread from the original site to other parts of the body.
Source: National Institute of Health
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