Malignant, malignancy
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 Related Terms
• neoplasm
• carcinoma

 
 
Definition: Cancerous, invasive, spreading. Also, in other uses, threatening or harmful.

Pronunciation: mal IG nant

Also Known As: cancerous, cancer, tumor, neoplasm

Common Misspellings: mulignant

Related Resources:

The Nature of Cancer

 


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