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    Malignant
    Cancerous. Malignant tumours can invade and destroy surrounding tissue and have the capacity to spread.
    Found op http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Get_Support/Cancer_types/Glossary.xhtml
    
    
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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 op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.html
    
    
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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 op http://www.elekta.com/patient_international_medical_terms.php
    
    
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    Malignant
    Threatening life or tending to cause death (the opposite of benign).
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf
    
    
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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 c...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=4260
    
    
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    Malignant
    Severe, life threatening, capable of spreading. Usually characterised by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumour).
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
    
    
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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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
    
    
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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 sufferi...
    Found op 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 op 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) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?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 op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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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 ...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/malignant/
    
    
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    malignant
    (L. malignans acting maliciously) tending to become progressively worse and to result in death. Having the properties of anaplasia, invasion, and metastasis; said of tumours.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio52.html
    
    

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