a highly malignant form of cancer a powerful and malignant influence
Recent Examples on the WebShortly after his birth, doctors discovered fluid building up inside the baby boy's head in addition to a malignant tumor that required brain surgery.PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022 Rather than just using psychiatric labeling to call a leader a narcissist or a malignant narcissist, something like that, that's probably not as helpful.CBS News, 9 Mar. 2022 One who actively undermines the competition is malignant.WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 Of these surgeries, between 13 to 21% of these cysts are considered to be malignant. Serena Coady, SELF, 25 Feb. 2022 Zen died at five months old in December from a malignant brain tumor. Anna Chan, Billboard, 15 July 2022 Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that forms in the body’s bone marrow, displacing the healthy, infection-fighting white blood cells with malignant plasma cells, which may lead to bone problems, tumors, infections, kidney damage and anemia. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2022 Melissa Ward was told the malignant tumor in her right breast had been successfully treated with chemotherapy and a subsequent double mastectomy in 2018. Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2022 Following a CAT scan and more tests, a biopsy of his liver discovered a malignant tumor that had spread to his colon. Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2022 See More
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Etymology
Late Latin malignant-, malignans, present participle of malignari