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单词 malignant
释义

malignant

/məˈlɪɡnənt /
adjective
1Evil in nature or effect; malevolent: in the hands of malignant fate...
  • Too often the malignant evil in society shows up in how we treat our children.
  • The root cause is not so much the drugs trade, as the malignant rat-like nature of the human race.
  • What evil, malignant Commie menace could be behind this predicament?

Synonyms

spiteful, hostile, malevolent, malicious, malign, evil-intentioned, baleful, full of hate, vicious, nasty, poisonous, venomous, acrimonious, rancorous, splenetic, cruel
2(Of a disease) very virulent or infectious.But neither of these processes is suitable for patients with infection or malignant disease....
  • Leon and Davey-Smith now show how a childhood infection may influence the epidemiology of malignant disease several decades later.
  • Patients with severe neutropenia with fever or signs of infection and those with evidence of malignant disease should be hospitalized.

Synonyms

virulent, infectious, invasive, uncontrollable, dangerous, harmful, pernicious;
deadly, fatal, life-threatening, lethal, terminal, incurable
2.1(Of a tumour) tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal; cancerous. Contrasted with benign.Asbestosis is frequently accompanied by malignant tumors, such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma....
  • The difference between malignant and benign tumours is that malignant tumours have the ability to invade surrounding areas.
  • We describe a case of a highly malignant primary liver tumor in an elderly woman.

Synonyms

cancerous, non-benign, metastatic

Derivatives

malignantly

/məˈlɪɡnəntli / adverb ...
  • But ethics committees can be used malignantly.
  • He dropped the fake pout and laughed malignantly.
  • Smiling malignantly, he gave a casual tip of his hat.

Origin

Mid 16th century (also in the sense 'likely to rebel against God or authority'): from late Latin malignant- 'contriving maliciously', from the verb malignare. The term was used in its early sense to describe Royalist sympathizers during the English Civil War.

Rhymes

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