malignant
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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 ● Oct. 6, 2026
Tests confirmed the reptile had a fibrosarcoma - a malignant tumour - in the jaw.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Without it, malignant cells become much harder for the immune system to identify and kill.
From Science Daily ● 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 ● Jul. 9, 2026
It hit him like a great wave of rotting matter: rank, malignant, bringing tears to his eyes and making him cough.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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