Synonyms for malignant
məˈlɪg nəntma·lig·nant

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1. malignantadjective

   Antonyms:
   benign

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1. malignantadjective

   dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

   Antonyms:
   benign

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1. • Pathology

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1. lethal

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. malignantadjective

   Synonyms:
   malign, MALICIOUS, malevolent

2. malignantadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) dangerous, fatal

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1. List of paraphrases for "malignant":

   maligne, vicious, malins, malign, malicious, smart, clever, cancerous, evil, pernicious, crafty

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. malignant

   Synonyms:
   Oncology Cancerous

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1. Harold S. Kushner:

   Laws of nature do not make exceptions for nice people. A bullet has no conscience; neither does a malignant tumor or an automobile gone out of control. That is why good people get sick and get hurt as much as anyone.

2. Jacek Mazurek:

   Unfortunately, proven approaches do not currently exist to improve outcomes through early detection of malignant mesothelioma.

3. Sanskrit Proverb:

   In one short verse I here express The sum of tomes of sacred lore: Beneficence is righteousness, Oppression?s sin?s malignant core.

4. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procrustes turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.

5. William Osler:

   Few diseases present greater difficulties in the way of diagnosis than malignant endocarditis, difficulties which in many cases are practi- cally insurmountable. It is no disparagement to the many skilled physicians who have put their cases upon record to say that, in fully one-half the diagnosis was made post mortem.