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What is the medical term for how malignant cancer cells spread through the body?

malignant

[muh-lig-nuhnt] / mษ™หˆlษชg nษ™nt /


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The condition, called malignant hyperthermia, causes a potentially life-threatening reaction to certain drugs used during anaesthesia.

From BBC โ— Oct. 10, 2026

Claire underwent radiation and chemotherapy treatments to kill the malignant cells in his body, but the cancer returned again in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Oct. 6, 2026

Without it, malignant cells become much harder for the immune system to identify and kill.

From Science Daily โ— Jul. 26, 2026

He takes no sensual pleasure in his destruction of Othello and Cassio, just the studied satisfaction of a sociopath watching with appreciation, as if from a distance, the malignant results of his handiwork.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Jul. 9, 2026

Out of this broad background of understanding came a fascinating and lucid explanation of the way a normal cell can become malignant.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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