MALIGNANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of malignant in English

(Definition of malignant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of malignant from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of malignant

malignant
He gave votes to all sorts of people, but he thought that malignants ought not to vote.
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Other more traditional topics such as neuroleptic malignant syndrome and extrapyramidal syndromes are also expertly covered with enough neuropharmacology to make the relevant pathophysiology comprehensible.
Malignant gliomas are characterized by rapid cell proliferation, a high level of invasiveness into the surrounding brain and increased vascularity.
Metastases were not found in the patient with the malignant angiosarcoma.
Metastasis results from preexisting variant cells within a malignant tumour.
Malignant melanoma can arise de novo and may present as an irregularly pigmented lesion with an irregular edge.
An ulcer which fails to heal despite adequate therapy should be biopsied to exclude malignant change.
Malignant melanoma and skin lymphoma are also important tumours in the elderly.
Influence of the number of malignant regional lymph nodes detected by endoscopic ultrasonography on survival stratification in esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Accelerated radiotherapy regimen for malignant gliomas using stereotactic concomitant boosts for dose escalation.
The advantage of beta 2 microglobulin estimation is offset by its non-specific rise in certain inflammatory and malignant conditions.
The chance of malignant degeneration in a benign papillioma is not well understood.
A disagreement between two competent practitioners is malignant if and only if it is not benign.
Malignant change such as the development of squamous cell carcinoma is common.
The responses of normal and malignant tissues to changes in fraction size are non-linear and are well described using a linear quadratic model [10].
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Translations of malignant

in Chinese (Traditional)
疾病, (疾病或腫塊)惡性的,致命的, 邪惡的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
疾病, (疾病或肿块)恶性的,致命的, 邪恶的…
in Spanish
maligno…
in Portuguese
maligno, malévolo…
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悪性の…
habis, ölümcül, kötü…
malveillant, malin…
maligne…
kwaadaardig…
ondskabsfuld, ondartet…
ondskefull, elakartad…
jahat, teruk…
böswillig, bösartig…
ond(sinnet), hatsk, ondartet…
злобний, зловредний, злоякісний…
злокачественный…
خَبيث (طبّي)…
škodlivý, zhoubný…
jahat, ganas…
ที่มุ่งร้าย, เป็นอันตราย…
có dã tâm, ác tính…
złośliwy…
악성의…
maligno, malevolo…
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