Definition of malignant
1a obsolete : malcontent, disaffectedb : evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious a powerful and malignant influencec : passionately and relentlessly malevolent : aggressively malicious the malignant tongues of gossipers
2 : tending to produce death or deterioration malignant malaria; especially : tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally a malignant tumor
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Examples of malignant in a Sentence
a highly malignant form of cancer
a powerful and malignant influence
Recent Examples of malignant from the Web
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Meanwhile, Pettey warns that cancers of the eye itself, including squamous cell carcinomas and malignant melanomas, also can result from sun exposure.
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In the new study, all 377 patients were hospitalized for abdominal surgeries, about 90 percent of them involving removal of a malignant tumor.
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Doctors removed her uterus, her ovaries, appendix, a foot of her colon and several liters of malignant fluid to eradicate a series of tumors.
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The device had sprayed malignant cells around inside Dr. Reed’s abdomen, leaving her with an advanced, Stage 4 cancer.
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This type of behavior has been a consistent Knicks malpractice that has turned distressingly malignant during the listing team presidency of Phil Jackson.
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Rylee was transported to Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando, where doctors removed the malignant tumor, Medulloblastoma, on her brain stem, her family said.
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Some gynecologists are still using the device, however, at times doing the cutting inside surgical bags to try and prevent malignant tissue from spreading into the abdomen.
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Mr. Ford had been undergoing treatment for malignant liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer, since September 2014.
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Origin and Etymology of malignant
Late Latin malignant-, malignans, present participle of malignari
First Known Use: 1542
MALIGNANT Defined for English Language Learners
malignant
playDefinition of malignant for English Language Learners
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medical : very serious and dangerous : tending or likely to grow and spread in a rapid and uncontrolled way that can cause death
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: very evil
MALIGNANT Defined for Kids
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malignant
playMedical Definition of malignant
1: tending to produce death or deterioration malignant malaria; especially : tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally malignant tumors—compare benign 1
2: of unfavorable prognosis : not responding favorably to treatment psychotic reactions with a malignant trend
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