Colorectal liver metastases are often found during routine screening examinations following previous surgery that removed the colon or rectum. Sometimes the cancer is found to have spread to the liver at the same time the colon or rectal cancer is diagnosed.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: mootness(Noun) The state or condition of being moot. Mootness. In American law, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law.
A debatable question, an issue open to argument; also, an irrelevant question, a matter of no importance. For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics, or It's a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first. This term originated in British law where it described a point for discussion in a moot, or assembly, of law students.