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. Paul Northcott:

   Paul Northcott was the one of the first recipients of the AACR NextGen grant for transformative cancer research, a grant mechanism intended to support creative cancer research that may not be funded through conventional channels. Northcott’s research studies the molecular and genetic level of a type of childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children, with five-year survival rates ranging from 30 to 80 percent. Through Paul Northcott research, Paul Northcott discovered molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma with distinct patient features, outcomes and mutational patterns. These findings changed the way the disease is studied, diagnosed and the way patients are treated, Paul Northcott said. There are no clinical compounds or FDA-approved drugs so I think the biggest challenge over the next several years is to take that information that we've gleaned from the genomics era and actually translate that into better treatment options for patients.

2. Sean Hannity:

   Tonight, at least one thing has become very clear – the Biden administration does not plan to hold China responsible for anything, patience for China, but not the Keystone pipeline. Clearing a relationship with the malignant regime – the hostile regime that they are – that infected the world with Covid-19 – is more important to Biden.

3. 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.

4. Lion Shahab:

   While mobile phone usage in the population increased from less than 15 % to 95 % over the time period studied, we do not see the same increase in malignant brain tumors. This suggests that the strength of any effect, if present, would have to be small, for now, linking a rise in malignant brain tumors to mobile phone usage remains speculative and should not detract from encouraging lifestyle changes which are known to reduce cancer risk, such as adopting a healthy diet, reducing alcohol consumption and stopping smoking.

5. 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.