Meaning & use
disseminated
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Spread widely, especially information, ideas, or (in medicine) disease throughout the body.
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The report was disseminated to every department before the meeting.
Doctors were alarmed to find the infection had disseminated throughout his bloodstream.
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In medical contexts, 'disseminated' specifically describes a disease that has spread beyond its original site to affect the whole body.
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