What does the word malignant mean?
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A term applied to any disease whose symptoms are so aggravated as to threaten the destruction of the patient. A disease of a very serious character, although it may be mild in appearance; - Morbus malignus.
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[ Latin] Ill-conditioned; virulent; of diseases, very fatal; of pathological processes, tending to spread and ultimately to produce death if not interfered with, and to recur even when radically removed. Thus the M. tumors are carcinoma, epithelioma, sarcoma, and glioma. Somewhat less properly, the term is applied to pathological processes which are not fatal and are strictly local, but which grow steadily worse and destroy the function of the organ in which they are situated. Thus M. glaucoma, M. myopia( see Glaucoma, Myopia). M. cholera, Asiatic cholera. M. endocarditis, ulcerative endocarditis. M. oedema, a fatal disease of animals and men, produced by Bacillus oedematis, and due to infection of deep wounds from dung or soil. Marked by dense, bloody and emphysematous, gelatinous oedema at site of inoculation. M. polyadenitis, plague. M. pustule, see Anthrax( 2).
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Resistant to treatment; occurring in severe form; tending to grow worse, and ( in the case of a tumor) to recur after removal.
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Deadly; intensely severe.
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Usage examples for malignant
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Larry hesitated, flashed a malignant glance at Phil Forrest; then, turning on his heel, he left the tent. – The-Circus-Boys-Across-the-Continent-or-Winning-New-Laurels-on-the-Tanbark by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
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It would have made a brave man's heart Grow sad and sick that day, To watch the keen malignant eyes Bent down on that array. – A Book For The Young by Sarah French
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Miss Rayner did not believe this, for Miss Pewsey looked very malignant as she spoke. – The Mandarin's Fan by Fergus Hume
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