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malignant

[muh-lig-nuhnt] / məˈlɪg nənt /


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In a post on X on Friday, Netanyahu said that during routine medical monitoring following successful surgery for an enlarged benign prostate, doctors found an early-stage malignant tumour.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

CAR-T therapy engineers a patient’s own T cells to target and destroy malignant cells, while checkpoint inhibitors remove the immune system’s brakes that tumors use to evade attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In any case, a person with the psychology of a malignant adolescent is unlikely to think very far past the conviction that wielding awesome powers of destruction is cool.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

If especially susceptible the cell may be killed outright, or finally, after the passage of time measured in years, it may become malignant.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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