malignant

ma·lig·nant  (m-lgnnt)

adj.

1. Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil.

2. Highly injurious; pernicious.

3. Pathology

a. Threatening to life; virulent: a malignant disease.

b. Tending to metastasize; cancerous. Used of a tumor.

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ma·lignant·ly adv.

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malignant [mal-lig-nant]

Adjective

1. seeking to harm others

2. tending to cause great harm; injurious

3. Pathol (of a tumour) uncontrollable or resistant to therapy [Late Latin malignare to behave spitefully]

malignancy n

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malignant  (m-lgnnt)

1. Tending to have a destructive clinical course, as a malignant illness.

2. Relating to cancer cells that are invasive and tend to metastasize. Malignant tumor cells are histologically more primitive than normal tissue. Compare benign.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

malignant - dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases benign - not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)

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malignant

adjective 1. Medical uncontrollable, dangerous, evil, fatal, deadly, cancerous, virulent, irremediable

adjective 2. hostile, harmful, bitter, vicious, destructive, malicious, malign, hurtful, pernicious, malevolent, spiteful, baleful, injurious, inimical, maleficent, of evil intent << OPPOSITE benign

Translations

malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] adj (MED) → maligno

malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] adj (Med) → malin/igne

malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] adj → bösartig;

(intention) → böswillig

malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] adj (MED) → maligno/a