Look up: Malignant

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   Malignant
   Having the properties of cancerous growth.
   Found on http://filebox.vt.edu/cals/cses/chagedor
   
   
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   Malignant
   A type of tumour which invades surrounding tissue and is no longer controlled by the organism on which it is growing; contrast with benign.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   Malignant
   Cancerous growth.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/glo
   
   
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   malignant
   [adj] - (pathology) dangerous to health
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Malignant
   Of tumours, one which is cancerous. [Compare benign.]
   Found on http://www.smithsrisca.demon.co.uk/neuro
   
   
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   malignant
   antonym benign
   Found on http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacgloss
   
   
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   Malignant
   Adjective describing cells in a cancerous growth. See tumour.
   Found on http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definiti
   
   
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   Malignant
   Adjective describing cells in a cancerous growth. See tumour.
   Found on http://www.bio.hw.ac.uk/edintox/glossall
   
   
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   Malignant
   Cancerous. Opposite of benign.
   Found on http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/glossary.as
   
   
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    Malignant
    a word used to describe a condition that is characterised by uncontrolled growth and/or that can be fatal, such as a cancerous tumour
    Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l
    
    
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    Malignant
    In a medical context, means severe, dangerous or life-threatening (this will of course encompass the use of malignant when applied to cancers) and as doctors in the past did not fully understand the cause of disease and may have attributed it to witches, the devil etc this could be extended to the everyday meaning of evil
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc
    
    
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    Malignant
    Malignant is a term used to describe a life-threatening or worsening condition. In the case of tumours, malignant means cancerous.
    Found on http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/glossary/
    
    
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    Malignant
    Cancerous. Malignant tumours can invade and destroy surrounding tissue and have the capacity to spread.
    Found on http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Get_Support/
    
    
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    Malignant
    A term applied to any disease of a virulent and fatal nature; but often used to describe cancerous tumours or cancer
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit
    
    
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    Malignant
    Another term for cancerous cells and commonly refers to a malignant tumor, the main characteristic of which is that it is likely to penetrate the tissues or organ in which it originated as well as move to other sites.
    Found on http://www.elekta.com/patient_internatio
    
    
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    Malignant
    Threatening life or tending to cause death (the opposite of benign).
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA
    
    
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    Malignant
    Malignant: 1. Tending to be severe and become progressively worse, as in malignant hypertension. 2. In regard to a tumor, having the properties of a malignancy that can invade and destroy nearby tissue and that may spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. The word malignant comes the Latin combination of 'mal' meaning 'bad' and 'nascor' mea ...
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    Malignant
    Severe, life threatening, capable of spreading. Usually characterised by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumour).
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    malignant
    As applied to tumours means that the primary tumour has the capacity to show metastatic spread (metastasise). Implies loss of both growth controland positional control.
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    Malignant
    Ma·lig'nant adjective [ Latin malignans , -antis , present participle of malignare , malignari , to do or make maliciously. See Malign , and confer Benignant .] 1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious. « A malignant and a turb ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/13
    
    
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    Malignant
    Ma·lig'nant noun 1. A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions. Hooker. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of Charles I. or Charles II.; -- so called by the opposite party.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/13
    
    
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    malignant
    <oncology> Tending to become progressively worse and to result in death. Having the properties of anaplasia, invasion and metastasis, said of tumours. ... Origin: L. Malignans = acting maliciously ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    Malignant
    `Malignant` (from the Latin roots `mal-` = `bad` and `-genus` = `born`) is a medical term used to describe a severe and progressively worsening disease. The term is most familiar as a description of cancer. A `malignant tumor` may be contrasted with a non-cancerous `benign tumor` in that a `malignancy` is not self-limited in its growth, is capable of invading into adjacent tissues, and may be capable of spreading to distant tissues (`metastasizin...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant
    
    
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    malignant
    (mә-lig´nәnt) having the properties of anaplasia, invasiveness, and metastasis; said of tumors. tending to become progressively worse and to result in death.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    Malignant
    • (n.) A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions. • (a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. • (a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious. • (a.) Characterized or caus...
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