Medical term:
Benign
benign
[be-nīn´]not recurrent; favorable for recovery with appropriate treatment. The opposite of malignant.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
be·nign
(bē-nīn'),Denoting the mild character of an illness or the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm.
[through O.Fr., fr. L. benignus, kind]
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benign
(bĭ-nīn′)adj.
a. Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless: a benign chemical; benign indifference.
b. Of no danger to health; not malignant or disease-causing: a benign tumor.
be·nign′ly adv.
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benign
adjective Not cancerous; not malignant; referring to a nonmalignant lesion or tumour that does not invade or metastasise, for which surgical excision is curative.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
benign
adjective Not cancerous; not malignant; referring to a nonmalignant lesion or tumor that does not invade or metastasize, for which surgical excision is curative. Cf Malignant.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
be·nign
(bĕ-nīn')Denoting the mild character of an illness or the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm.
[through O.Fr., fr. L. benignus, kind]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
benign
Not MALIGNANT. Mild, and of favourable outlook. Not usually tending to cause death. A benign tumour is a local growth, from an increase in the number of cells, which has no tendency to invade adjacent tissues or to seed out to remote parts of the body. Benign tumours are commonly enclosed in a definite capsule. They can, however cause trouble by local pressure effects, especially in confined spaces such as the inside of the skull.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
benign
nonmalignant, as of a growth.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Benign
In medical usage, benign is the opposite of malignant. It describes an abnormal growth that is stable, treatable and generally not life-threatening.
Mentioned in: Abdominal Ultrasound, Breast Cancer, Gallium Scan of the Body, Keratosis Pilaris, Skin Biopsy
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
be·nign
(bĕ-nīn')Denoting mild character of an illness or the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm.
[through O.Fr., fr. L. benignus, kind]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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