malignant

  • 21malignant — malignantly, adv. /meuh lig neuhnt/, adj. 1. disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. 2. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect. 3. Pathol. a. tending to produce death, as… …

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  • 22malignant — adjective /məˈlɪɡnənt/ a) Harmful, malevolent, injurious. b) Harmfully cancerous; as a malignant tumor. Ant: benign See Also: nonmalignant …

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  • 23malignant — adj. Malignant is used with these nouns: ↑growth, ↑lump, ↑tumour …

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  • 24malignant — adjective 1》 evil; malevolent. 2》 (of a tumour) tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal; cancerous. Contrasted with benign. Derivatives malignantly adverb Origin C16: from late L. malignant , malignare contrive maliciously …

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  • 25malignant — adj. 1) describing a tumour that invades and destroys the tissue in which it originates and has the potential to spread to other sites in the body via the bloodstream and lymphatic system. See: cancer, metastasis 2) describing any disorder that… …

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  • 26malignant — [məˈlɪgnənt] adj medical a TUMOUR that is malignant is dangerous and could cause death Ant: benign malignancy noun [C/U] malignantly adv …

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  • 27malignant — Cancerous. Malignant tumors can invade and destroy nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body …

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  • 28Malignant hyperthermia — Classification and external resources Abnormalities in the Ryanodine receptor 1 gene are commonly detected in malignant hyperthermia ICD 10 T …

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  • 29Malignant pleural effusion — is a condition in which cancer causes an abnormal amount of fluid to collect between the thin layers of tissue (pleura) lining the outside of the lung and the wall of the chest cavity. Lung cancer and breast cancer account for about 50 65% of… …

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  • 30Malignant rhabdoid tumour — Classification and external resources ICD O: 8963/3 OMIM 609322 MeSH …

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