malignant
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ma·lig·nant
(mə-lĭg′nənt)adj.
1. Medicine
a. Tending to metastasize: a malignant tumor.
b. Virulent or threatening to life: a malignant disease.
2. Having or showing ill will; malicious: malignant thoughts.
ma·lig′nant·ly adv.
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malignant
(məˈlɪɡnənt)adj
1. having or showing desire to harm others
2. tending to cause great harm; injurious
3. (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 royalist1
[C16: from Late Latin malīgnāre to behave spitefully, from Latin malīgnus malign]
maˈlignantly adv
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ma•lig•nant
(məˈlɪg nənt)adj.
1. inclined to cause harm, suffering, or distress.
2. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect.
3.
a. tending to produce death, as bubonic plague.
b. (of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.
ma•lig′nant•ly, adv.
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ma·lig·nant
(mə-lĭg′nənt) Likely to spread or get worse: a malignant tumor.
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malignant
Used to describe cancerous growth that will spread to surrounding tissues and, if not totally removed, may be fatal. Compare benign
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| 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
hostile kind, friendly, benign, benevolent, amicable, warm-hearted
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malignant
adjective1. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:
black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, mean, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked.
Slang: bitchy.
2. Extremely destructive or harmful:
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Translations
خَبِيثخَبيث، سَرَطاني، مُهْلِكخَبيث، مُؤْذٍ
zhoubnýmaligníškodlivý
ondartetondskabsfuld
pahanlaatuinenpahansuopapahantahtoinenvahingollinen
zloćudanmaligan
rosszindulatú
illgjarnillkynja
悪意のある
극히 해로운
zhubný
elakartad
เป็นอันตราย
ác tính
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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malignant
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malignant
[məˈlɪgnənt] adj → maligno/a, malevolo/a (Med) (tumour) → maligno/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
malign
(məˈlain) verb to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason. He's always maligning his wife when she isn't there.
malignant (məˈlignənt) adjective1. (of people, their actions etc) intending, or intended, to do harm. a malignant remark.
2. (of a tumour, disease etc) likely to become worse and cause death. She died of a malignant tumour.
maˈlignantly adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
malignant
→ خَبِيث zhoubný ondartet bösartig κακοήθης maligno pahansuopa malin zloćudan maligno 悪意のある 극히 해로운 schadelijk ondartet złośliwy maligno злокачественный elakartad เป็นอันตราย kötücül ác tính 恶性的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ma·lig·nant
a. maligno-a, pernicioso-a, de efecto destructivo;
neoplasia ___ → cáncer.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
malignant
adj malignoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.