malignant
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ma·lig·nant (-nənt)
adjective
- having an evil influence; malign
- wishing evil; very malevolent or malicious
- very harmful
- very dangerous or virulent; causing or likely to cause death; not benign; specif., cancerous
- Obsolete malcontent; rebellious; disaffected
Etymology: LL malignans (gen. malignantis), prp. of malignare: see malign
noun
Related Forms:
- malignantly ma·lig′·nantly adverb
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Alternate definitions:
malignant
modif.
Diseased
cancerous, fatal, lethal, deadly, poisonous, destructive, internecine, mortal, pestilential; see also deadly, poisonous.Harmful
deleterious, corrupt, sapping; see dangerous 1, 2, harmful.
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Modifies a noun
- melanoma: Can develop a malignant melanoma in very rare cases.
Modifying Another Word
- potentially: Some potentially malignant lesions can be managed by regular review, with or without medical treatment.
Used with adjective complement
- become: A few in every 1,000 of these may become malignant.
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