| 单词 | malignant |
| 释义 | malignant[ muh-lig-nuhnt ] / məˈlɪg nənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR malignant ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivedisposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect. Pathology.
Origin of malignant1535–45; <Late Latin malignant- (stem of malignāns), present participle of malignāre to act maliciously. See malign, -ant SYNONYMS FOR malignant1 spiteful, malevolent. 2 perilous, hurtful, pernicious. SEE SYNONYMS FOR malignant ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR malignant1-3 benign. SEE ANTONYMS FOR malignant ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM malignantWords nearby malignantmalicious, malicious mischief, Mali empire, malign, malignancy, malignant, malignant anemia, malignant bubo, malignant ciliary epithelioma, malignant dyskeratosis, malignant fibrous histiocytoma Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for malignantBritish Dictionary definitions for malignantmalignant / (məˈlɪɡnənt) / adjectivehaving or showing desire to harm others tending to cause great harm; injurious pathol (of a tumour) uncontrollable or resistant to therapy; rapidly spreading nounhistory (in the English Civil War) a Parliamentarian term for a royalist (def. 1) Derived forms of malignantmalignantly, adverbWord Origin for malignantC16: from Late Latin malīgnāre to behave spitefully, from Latin malīgnus malign Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for malignantmalignant A descriptive term for things or conditions that threaten life or well-being. Malignant is the opposite of benign. notes for malignantThe term malignant is used in describing cancerous tumors (see cancer) because such growths are a threat to the health of the individual. notes for malignantThe term is often used in a general way to denote something that is both destructive and fast growing: “The malignant growth of the suburbs is destroying the landscape.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for malignantmalignant [ mə-lĭg′nənt ] adj.Threatening to life, as a disease; virulent. Tending to metastasize; cancerous. Used of a tumor. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for malignantmalignant [ mə-lĭg′nənt ] Tending to have a destructive clinical course, as a malignant illness. Relating to cancer cells that are invasive and tend to metastasize. Malignant tumor cells are histologically more primitive than normal tissue. Compare benign. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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