Malignant
11malignant — 1. Resistant to treatment; occurring in severe form, and frequently fatal; tending to become worse and leading to an ingravescent course. 2. In reference to a neoplasm, having the property of locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis …
12malignant — malicious, malign, malignant, malevolent 1. All four words are connected with doing harm or evil (from Latin malus), but there are important differences. Malicious means ‘intending to do harm’ and is associated with people (or occasionally… …
13malignant — adjective Etymology: Late Latin malignant , malignans, present participle of malignari Date: circa 1545 1. a. obsolete malcontent, disaffected b. evil in nature, influence, or effect ; injurious c. passionately and relentlessly malevolent ; …
14malignant — ma|lig|nant [məˈlıgnənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: , present participle of malignari; MALIGN1] 1.) medical a malignant disease is one such as ↑cancer, which can develop in an uncontrolled way and is likely to cause someone s… …
15malignant — noun 1) a malignant disease Syn: virulent, very infectious, invasive, uncontrollable, dangerous, deadly, fatal, incurable, life threatening Ant: curable 2) a malignant growth Syn …
16malignant — UK [məˈlɪɡnənt] / US adjective 1) medical a malignant tumour consists of cancer cells that can spread in the body a malignant growth/tumour 2) formal showing that you want to do something bad to someone a malignant glare Derived word: malignantly …
17malignant — ma|lig|nant [ mə lıgnənt ] adjective 1. ) MEDICAL spreading or developing in a way that is not normal and is dangerous: a malignant growth/tumor 2. ) FORMAL showing that you want to do something bad to someone: a malignant glare ╾ ma|lig|nant|ly… …
18malignant — adjective 1 technical a malignant tumour, disease etc is one that develops uncontrollably and is likely to cause death compare benign (2) 2 formal showing hatred and a strong desire to harm someone: He advanced towards them with a malignant look …
19malignant — adj. 1 a (of a disease) very virulent or infectious (malignant cholera). b (of a tumour) tending to invade normal tissue and recur after removal; cancerous. 2 harmful; feeling or showing intense ill will. Phrases and idioms: malignant pustule a… …
20malignant — Invasive In*va sive, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See {Invade}.] 1. Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. Invasive war. Hoole. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy… …
