Benign meaning

bĭ-nīn'

Good-natured; kindly.

adjective

Doing little or no harm; not malignant; specif., not cancerous.

Benign tumors.

adjective

Favorable; beneficial.

adjective

Tending to exert a beneficial influence; favorable.

A policy with benign consequences for the economy.

adjective

Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless.

A benign chemical; benign indifference.

adjective

Of no danger to health; not malignant or disease-causing.

A benign tumor.

adjective

Not life-threatening or severe, and likely to respond to treatment, as a tumor that is not malignant.

adjective

(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

adjective

The definition of benign is something good, kind or not dangerous.

A non-cancerous tumor is an example of a benign growth.

Earth friendly cleaning products are an example of benign reactions to the environment.

adjective

Middle English benigne from Old French from Latin benignus genə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bonus (“good”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.

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