non-malignantadj.
/ˌnɒnməˈlɪɡnənt/, U.S. /ˌnɑnməˈlɪɡnənt/ Medicine.
Of a disease or tumour: not malignant. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tumour > other tumours
sublated1647
polypous1684
polypose1722
extravasate1728
flatulent1730
primary1793
mammary1804
osteosarcomatous1825
polypoid1827
carcinoid1830
homoeomorphous1832
melanoid1839
polypiform1846
tyromatous1848
non-malignant1852
extravasated1853
adenomatous1863
histioid1864
histoid1865
myxomatous1872
small-cell1872
lymphadenomatous1873
polypoidal1873
lymphomatous1876
myomatous1876
lympho-sarcomatous1880
haematomatous1886
fibro-lipomatous1889
teratomatous1891
mixed1892
fibro-adenomatous1894
psammomatous1897
tunnelled1898
mycosic1899
radioresistant1922
melanomatous1943
sarcoid-like1943
paragangliomatous1965
oncofetal1972
1852 H. R. Madden Uterine Dis. 20 Other non-malignant diseases of the uterus.
1892 Lancet 9 July 84/2 Surgical procedures..for the treatment of stricture of the pylorus of a non-malignant character.
1942 Jrnl. Nat. Cancer Inst. 3 244/1 The spleens of most mice of this series show nonmalignant myelopoiesis in the course of carcinogenesis.
1997 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 26 Oct. I am a physician who specializes in the treatment of nonmalignant pain as well as addiction, and a chronic pain patient myself.
2001 Observer 8 July i. 10/7 Chronic exposure can also lead to a non-malignant growth called pterygium, which can damage eyesight.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1852