malignant (redirected from malignant edema)

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 [məˈlɪgnənt]

adj

1. having or showing desire to harm others

2. tending to cause great harm; injurious

3. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol (of a tumour) uncontrollable or resistant to therapy; rapidly spreading

n

(Historical Terms) History (in the English Civil War) a Parliamentarian term for a royalist

[from Late Latin malīgnāre to behave spitefully, from Latin malīgnus malign]

malignantly  adv

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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, metastatic, irremediable a malignant breast tumour

2. hostile, harmful, bitter, vicious, destructive, malicious, malign, hurtful, pernicious, malevolent, spiteful, baleful, injurious, inimical, maleficent, of evil intent a malignant minority indulging in crime and violence
hostile kind, friendly, benign, benevolent, amicable, warm-hearted

Translations

malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] ADJ (= evil) → malvado (Med) → maligno

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malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] adj

[tumour, disease] → malin/igne

(= malicious) [person] → malveillant(e)

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malignant

adj → bösartig; (Med also) → maligne (spec); effect → negativ; he took a malignant delight in our misfortunes → unser Unglück bereitete ihm ein hämisches Vergnügen; a malignant growth (Med, fig) → ein bösartiges Geschwür; malignant melanoma (Med) → malignes Melanom

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malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] adj → maligno/a, malevolo/a (Med) (tumour) → maligno/a

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malignant [məˈlɪgnənt] adj → maligno/a, malevolo/a (Med) (tumour) → maligno/a

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malignant → خَبِيث škodolibý ondartet bösartig κακοήθης maligno pahansuopa malin zloćudan maligno 悪意のある 극히 해로운 schadelijk ondartet złośliwy maligno злобный elakartad ที่มุ่งร้าย kötücül hiểm ác 恶性的