Malignant
adjective
Something very harmful, causing sickness.
The doctor found a malignant tumor in his lungs.
Often appears as...
- malignant tumor
- malignant disease
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Disapproving
adjective
Something evil or very bad.
His malignant behavior towards his employees eventually got him fired.
Often appears as...
- malignant spirit
- malignant influence
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Something very harmful, causing sickness.
The doctor found a malignant tumor in his lungs.
Often appears as...
- malignant tumor
- malignant disease
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Something evil or very bad.
His malignant behavior towards his employees eventually got him fired.
Often appears as...
- malignant spirit
- malignant influence
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Level
Malignant indicates a severe and worsening condition in a medical context.
She was diagnosed with malignant hypertension.
Pro Tip 2/3Progression Implication
Use 'malignant' to imply the potential spread and dangerous growth of diseases.
The patient's malignant cells were spreading rapidly.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitivity
'Malignant' in healthcare can evoke strong emotions; use it with sensitivity.
The surgeon discussed the malignant nature of the disease respectfully.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Level
Malignant indicates a severe and worsening condition in a medical context.
She was diagnosed with malignant hypertension.
Pro Tip 2/3Progression Implication
Use 'malignant' to imply the potential spread and dangerous growth of diseases.
The patient's malignant cells were spreading rapidly.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitivity
'Malignant' in healthcare can evoke strong emotions; use it with sensitivity.
The surgeon discussed the malignant nature of the disease respectfully.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Level
Malignant indicates a severe and worsening condition in a medical context.
She was diagnosed with malignant hypertension.
Pro Tip 2/3Progression Implication
Use 'malignant' to imply the potential spread and dangerous growth of diseases.
The patient's malignant cells were spreading rapidly.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitivity
'Malignant' in healthcare can evoke strong emotions; use it with sensitivity.
The surgeon discussed the malignant nature of the disease respectfully.
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Iain Hutchison: Saving...
But the patients are going to have to take drugs that suppress their immune system for the rest of their lives. What does that mean? They have an increased risk of infection, an increased risk of malignancy. This is not a life-saving transplant -- like a heart, or liver, or lung transplant -- it is a quality-of-life transplant,
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How bones make blood -...
The stem cells themselves are not cancerous, but these mutations can interfere with the process of differentiation and result in malignant blood cells. So for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often an allogeneic bone marrow transplant,
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Mina Bissell:...
So, scientists were very excited, and they said, a single oncogene can do it. All you need is a single oncogene. So, they put the cells in cultures, chicken cells, dumped the virus on it, and it would pile up, and they would say, this is malignant and this is normal.
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Soon We'll Cure Diseases...
And it raises a series of, I think, some of the most interesting questions about how we think about medicine in the future. Could your medicine be a cell and not a pill? How would we grow these cells? What we would we do to stop the malignant growth of these cells?
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Why is it so hard to...
When they're bombarded by radiation or chemotherapy, some cancer cells can effectively switch on protective shields against whatever's attacking them by changing their gene expression. Malignant cancers are complex systems that constantly evolve and adapt.
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How this disease changes...
This short lifespan means that patients live with a constantly depleted supply of red blood cells; a condition called sickle-cell anemia. Perhaps what’s most surprising about this malignant mutation is that it originally evolved as a beneficial adaptation.
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How work kept me going...
so that I could look over her shoulder and verify what was written on the page in front of her. Malignant carcinoma. But still not wanting to believe it, I said, "Now, malignant carcinoma, you're sure that means cancer?"
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How does cancer spread...
As the cells proliferate, they spread via one of the three common routes of transcoelomic, lymphatic, or hematogenous spread. In transcoelomic spread, malignant cells penetrate the covering surfaces
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Teach girls bravery, not...
to help detect whether a cancer is benign or malignant in the off chance that she can save her daddy's life because he has cancer. These are just three examples of thousands,
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Cancer 101 PIPE National...
Tumors may be benign, meaning that they remain in one area, or malignant, which means that they are capable of spreading. Through a process called metastasis
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Iain Hutchison: Saving...
But the patients are going to have to take drugs that suppress their immune system for the rest of their lives. What does that mean? They have an increased risk of infection, an increased risk of malignancy. This is not a life-saving transplant -- like a heart, or liver, or lung transplant -- it is a quality-of-life transplant,
Video examples
How bones make blood -...
The stem cells themselves are not cancerous, but these mutations can interfere with the process of differentiation and result in malignant blood cells. So for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often an allogeneic bone marrow transplant,
Video examples
Mina Bissell:...
So, scientists were very excited, and they said, a single oncogene can do it. All you need is a single oncogene. So, they put the cells in cultures, chicken cells, dumped the virus on it, and it would pile up, and they would say, this is malignant and this is normal.
Video examples
Soon We'll Cure Diseases...
And it raises a series of, I think, some of the most interesting questions about how we think about medicine in the future. Could your medicine be a cell and not a pill? How would we grow these cells? What we would we do to stop the malignant growth of these cells?
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
When they're bombarded by radiation or chemotherapy, some cancer cells can effectively switch on protective shields against whatever's attacking them by changing their gene expression. Malignant cancers are complex systems that constantly evolve and adapt.
Video examples
How this disease changes...
This short lifespan means that patients live with a constantly depleted supply of red blood cells; a condition called sickle-cell anemia. Perhaps what’s most surprising about this malignant mutation is that it originally evolved as a beneficial adaptation.
Video examples
How work kept me going...
so that I could look over her shoulder and verify what was written on the page in front of her. Malignant carcinoma. But still not wanting to believe it, I said, "Now, malignant carcinoma, you're sure that means cancer?"
Video examples
How does cancer spread...
As the cells proliferate, they spread via one of the three common routes of transcoelomic, lymphatic, or hematogenous spread. In transcoelomic spread, malignant cells penetrate the covering surfaces
Video examples
Teach girls bravery, not...
to help detect whether a cancer is benign or malignant in the off chance that she can save her daddy's life because he has cancer. These are just three examples of thousands,
Video examples
Cancer 101 PIPE National...
Tumors may be benign, meaning that they remain in one area, or malignant, which means that they are capable of spreading. Through a process called metastasis
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Monica Crowley
American Journalist
Germany was beaten after World War I, but it didn't take long for it to rise again as a much more malignant threat. The end of World War II was not to be a compromise; it was to come about from the total annihilation of the enemies' ability and will to make war.
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Ken Livingstone
English Politician
I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow.
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Vincent Bugliosi
American Author
The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I was treated differently because of my race is one such memory.
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Karyn Kusama
American Director
Sometimes evil is in the form of a malignant clown, and sometimes evil is in the form of policy and legislators, and sometimes it's a grinning death mask and it has something more viscerally terrifying about it.
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Stanislav Grof
Czechoslovakian Psychologist
At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope.
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Harald zur Hausen
German Scientist
Regional clustering of specific cancer types triggered some investigations on a potential role of infectious agents in these malignant proliferations.
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Scarface
American Musician
I had it all: congestive heart failure, malignant high blood pressure, kidney damage, enlarged heart, sleep apnea, borderline diabetic, etc.
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Louis Sullivan
American Architect
Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.
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Taylor Caldwell
American Author
Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.
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Monica Crowley
American Journalist
Germany was beaten after World War I, but it didn't take long for it to rise again as a much more malignant threat. The end of World War II was not to be a compromise; it was to come about from the total annihilation of the enemies' ability and will to make war.
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Ken Livingstone
English Politician
I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow.
Quote examples
Vincent Bugliosi
American Author
The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.
Quote examples
Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I was treated differently because of my race is one such memory.
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Karyn Kusama
American Director
Sometimes evil is in the form of a malignant clown, and sometimes evil is in the form of policy and legislators, and sometimes it's a grinning death mask and it has something more viscerally terrifying about it.
Quote examples
Stanislav Grof
Czechoslovakian Psychologist
At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope.
Quote examples
Harald zur Hausen
German Scientist
Regional clustering of specific cancer types triggered some investigations on a potential role of infectious agents in these malignant proliferations.
Quote examples
Scarface
American Musician
I had it all: congestive heart failure, malignant high blood pressure, kidney damage, enlarged heart, sleep apnea, borderline diabetic, etc.
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Louis Sullivan
American Architect
Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.
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Taylor Caldwell
American Author
Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.
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